US EditionNYC to look at birth control for rats to combat rodent population
- City Council Member Shaun Abreu proposed a city ordinance for a pilot program using birth control to control rats in subway stations, reported.
- The contraceptive, ContraPest, targets ovarian function in female rats and sperm cell production in males. It is more ethical and humane, indicated by The New York Times.
- The birth control pellets, containing ContraPest, are placed in rat-infested areas as bait to reduce the rat population.
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New York Considers Birth Control For Rats To Combat Rodent Population
New York City is considering giving contraceptives to rats to control their numbers in the city. According to the New York Times, the city government proposed the idea after an escaped zoo owl, known as Flaco, died due to rat poison. On Thursday, City Council Member Shaun Abreu, who is the chair of the Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management, presented a new bill for handling millions of rats lurking in subway stations and empty lots …
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How to get rid of NYC rats without brutality? Birth control is one idea
New York lawmakers are proposing rules to humanely drive down the population of rats and other rodents. They are eyeing rat birth control and a ban on glue traps as
How to get rid of NYC rats without brutality? Birth control is one idea
FILE - Rats swarm around a bag of garbage near a dumpster in New York, July 7, 2000. New York lawmakers are proposing rules to humanely drive down the population of rats and other rodents, eyeing contraception and a ban on glue traps as alternatives to poison or a slow, brutal death. (AP Photo/Robert Mecea, File) (Robert Mecea / Associated Press) How to get rid of NYC rats without brutality? Birth control is one idea MAYSOON KHAN an…
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