After an unprecedented number of reported rat sightings, the village of Wilmette has launched a rat mitigation program for residents free of charge. Village Manager Michael Braiman said more than 300 ...

To address the area's rat population, the New York City Council recently passed a bill for a pilot program that will use birth control on rats. PIX11 News reported this new strategy came about in ...

SOMERVILLE, MASS. (WHDH) - Officials in Somerville are reporting progress when it comes to dealing with the city’s rat problem. In a status update call that recently went out to residents, the city ...

Niles police expressed satisfaction with a pilot program begun in August to “deputize” five feral cats to control the rat population, a police official told Pioneer Press. Now, the department says it ...

BOSTON (WHDH) - A pilot program has been testing out ways to curb the Boston rat population without using poison. People in one Jamaica Plain neighborhood have been feeding rats birth control as part ...