When the rat or mouse steps on the trap door a sensor opens it, dropping the pest into a microbial fuel cell. The digestion of the animal powers the sensors and trap door.

Allston festival to address rodent problem, turn rat traps into art 02:30. BOSTON - An art festival in Allston and Brighton is looking to bring some beauty to the neighborhood's rat problem.

Cities across the northeast are seeing a spike in complaints about rats. With high-tech traps and carbon monoxide gas, the Boston area is taking on its growing problem.

Resident complaints about rats have surged in cities across the northeast since the pandemic began, causing city exterminators to look for new and creative forms of rodent control.

Up until now, they have been available to buy as a method for how to get rid of rats and mice, but the Glue Traps (Offences) Act 2022 will make it illegal for people to buy and use sticky traps ...

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 ...

New York City has a pest problem so prolific, the mayor hired a dedicated rat czar earlier this year. Previous efforts to reduce the rat problem include brutal traps, poison, and birth control bait.

“I think they’re responding quite poorly, using rat traps, sticky rat traps as a way to get rid of the rats is not a solution at all, sometimes they’re left behind and forgotten,” the ...