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 ...

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Chicago's rodent problem is well known, but a new pilot program testing rat birth control to curb the population in problem ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To address the area's rat population, the New York City Council recently passed a bill for a pilot program that will use birth ...

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 ...