Rats thrive around humans, for good reason: They feed off crops and garbage and readily adapt to many settings, from farms to the world’s largest cities. To control them, people often resort to ...

California's pesticide regulators are proposing rodenticide use at more than 100,000 new locations statewide, including parks ...

To the editor: To think that in 2024, humans are still using rodenticides to painfully kill animals should make everyone angry. (“California’s rat poison bans aren’t working. Wild animals and pets are ...

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A man suffering from a long mystery illness was allegedly fed rat poison by his wife, according to local police. Doctors in Italy made the discovery after the 54-year-old Albanian man came into the ...