To control them, people often resort to poisons. But chemicals that kill rats can also harm other animals. The most commonly used poisons are called anticoagulant rodenticides. They work by ...

To control them, people often resort to poisons. But chemicals that kill rats can also harm other animals. ... When wild animals consume rat poison – typically, ...

You just made more rats — not less rats.” One of the most common rat poisons used by pest control professionals is second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides, also known as SGARs.

PETA pushed the city and its self-described ‘bloodthirsty’ rat czar to prioritize effective control methods like trash mitigation and birth control over cruel, lethal methods such as poison ...

Most pest control companies are trying to move away from poison, said Galvin Murphy who runs Yankee Pest Control in Malden. “ I feel that we have a people problem, not a rat problem,” he said.

New York City is preparing to roll out an unconventional strategy for tackling its rodent problem: rat birth control ... died last year after consuming rat poison. Abreu estimates zones could ...

the city contracted with a pest removal company to use traps to catch rats without using poison. Giaquinto worked with Councilor Preciado to create ordinance Giaquinto said she worked with Ward 3 ...