New York greenlights rat birth control to curb city’s infestation
by Guardian staff from on (#6R25Q)
Program signals possible change of strategy in the eternal war between New Yorkers and their least favorite neighbors
New York's seemingly eternal battle against its rodent population has taken a new twist after the city council greenlighted pilot schemes to deploy rat contraceptives in a new bid to curb their booming population.
The Thursday-night vote means that in the next few months pilot programs will begin using ContraPest, a type of rodent birth control, that will be put in special containers aimed at encouraging the rats to ingest it.
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