If the trap’s a-rockin’, don’t come a-knockin’. New York City’s fight against rats has entered the furry beasts’ bedrooms, with the City Council approving a measure to lace rat traps with rodent birth ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The City of Chicago is ramping up its efforts to fight rats in the city. The Department of Streets and Sanitation has added seven new rat control crews that will service more ...

A moderate and common infestation of 200 rats in one barn would mean that the rodents would consume about 2.5 tons of feed ...

Rats are so smart that the city is opening the nation’s first “rat college” to teach professionals the best techniques to get rid of the rampant rodents. Enrollment in the prestigious Rodent ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky The capital city is testing out a kinder, gentler approach to reducing the rat ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --After halting the use of dry ice to kill rats last winter, city officials said Chicago has been given the green light to start up again, and the Department of Streets and Sanitation ...

NEW YORK, N.Y. (WKRC) - Officials have greenlit a plan to reduce their city's rat infestation using a "rat contraceptive." It should come as no surprise that New York City has a rat problem. A study ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dragging the weighted black bait box out from the brush with his boots, Ryan Campbell wiped a few beads of sweat from his forehead ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --With complaints about rodents on the rise, city crews are stepping up efforts to target rats. The Department of Streets and Sanitation has added 10 new crews to its Bureau of Rodent ...

Recently ranked the rattiest of the country’s major cities, Washington has an ongoing rat problem—one long met with furrowed ...

Representatives from the Decatur County Health Department and the Marion County Public Health Department Rodent Control ...