Hawks, rats, bobcats and poison: Why Holyoke is rethinking how it controls rodents

Holyoke is debating banning rodent poison after hawk deaths, weighing wildlife safety against pest control needs.
KSL

Rat birth control worked in Baltimore, so D.C. is giving it a try. Here's how it works.

Washington, D.C., is launching a rat birth control program to lower the rodent population in the city. The pilot program is ...

DC giving birth control to rats in an effort to curb its rodent population

Washington, DC is trying to crack down on its overpopulation of vermin by giving them birth control. DC Health plans to place ...
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DC.'s war on rats is using poison, policy — and birth control

Rats on birth control — not a joke. It's part of D.C.'s new spring pilot to curb a stubborn rodent problem. Why it matters: D ...
PBS

Harvesting Seeds from Flowers & Rat and Mice Control

This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, UT Extension Agent Celeste Scott demonstrates how to identify and harvest seeds from flowering plants. Also, retired UT Extension Agent Mike ...
NPR

Too many rats? Birth control is one city's answer

In Somerville, Massachusetts just outside of Boston, everyone has a horror story about the rats. Adaline Lining says they ruined Christmas for her last year. She had received a delivery of Bartlett ...
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Here's how to keep rats and mice away as fall makes your home more attractive to pests

Victor Vasquez, a manager with Truckee Meadows Pest Control, sees a lot of rats. "We get calls every day for (rats)," Vasquez said. "Some days are lighter than others, majority are in Incline and in ...

Keep rats and mice out of your garden this spring by placing 22p item outside

As the warmer months draw nearer, you're more likely to encounter rats and mice around your property. Spring represents a ...
The Conversation

A ‘conservation conundrum’ – when rat control to conserve one species threatens another

When pest rats and mice decimate populations of native species, pest control is a no-brainer. But what if baiting rats protects threatened songbirds, while poisoning critically endangered owls? This ...