NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – Unleash the cats. Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa says cat colonies are the answer to New York City’s rat problem. On Sunday, Sliwa outlined his plan to continue the ...

A rat the size of a cat was found inside a home in the United Kingdom, and local representatives say the animal is part of a growing problem in the area. David Taylor and Stephen Martin are ...

There’s a saying that in a big city you are never more than six feet away from a rat. It’s an urban myth, but scientists are warning cities across the globe are becoming far rattier, and the boom is ...

Eston Ward Councilors David Taylor and Stephen Martin shared a photo of the alarming discovery on Facebook on July 28 “It’s not a one-off,” they said, comparing it to a small cat A 22-inch rat was ...

City hall announced a $2.9 million campaign against the city’s vermin last month, an increase of over $2 million from last year, as a sign that Mayor de Blasio is going all in on a new strategy to ...

Of the many myths that have followed the Brown Rat around New York City down the years perhaps the most commonly cited –and loved– is the one about there being one rat per person. That would equal ...

Rats can be seen crawling all over the place across Baltimore City. They’re beefy and foul-smelling in addition to carrying nasty bacteria, viruses and parasites. Norway rats — also known as brown ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – U.S. cities like New York and Boston are introducing birth control to help with their rat problems. But will Portland follow suit? When used, the birth control — in liquid or ...

In Chicago’s war on rats, it looks like feral cats either lack a certain killer instinct or they’re extremely picky eaters, according to a new study from Lincoln Park Zoo’s Urban Wildlife Institute.

Public-health teams in 1950s Borneo focused on malaria control, and DDT spraying seemed like a simple way to lower mosquito numbers. The chemical reduced the spread of disease inside treated homes, ...

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