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The privately funded "Rat Contraceptive Pilot" uses non-toxic contraceptive pellets to reduce the rat population.
Q. This spring we had a rat problem – they were eating all our vegetables, getting into the cars and causing all sorts of destruction. We eventually put out poison in bait boxes, but now we’re finding ...
rat poison Rat Poison Harms Endangered Wildlife Up and Down the Food Chain, EPA Warns A new biological analysis from the EPA finds that rodenticides are jeopardizing nearly 80 endangered species.
Rat poison is killing birds of prey, foxes and domesticated pets, according to municipal officials and a local wildlife rehabilitator.
But better regulation and tracking of rat poison use is likely to be needed in many places around the world. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.
Burrowing owls are being found dead in their nests after picking up rats that have ingested rat poison left out by people in Cape Coral.
Chicago has developed a reputation as one of America’s rattiest cities, with one pest control company ranking it first for ...
08-12-2024 IMPACT How rat poison is impacting carnivores worldwide Using rodenticides is projected to increase and may be contributing to declines in many carnivore species around the world.
Today's Climate Rat Poison Harms Endangered Wildlife Up and Down the Food Chain, EPA Warns A new biological analysis from the EPA finds that rodenticides are jeopardizing nearly 80 endangered species.
Rat poison detected in around a third of wild mammal carnivores — including those that don't normally eat rodents, such as mountain lions and gray wolves.
Modern rodenticides can kill rats with a single dose and readily pass up the food chain to larger carnivores. They are widely used and largely unregulated.