New York, NY – City To Sterilize Rats To Keep Their Numbers Down

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    A rat comes out of its hole at a subway stop in Brooklyn, New York. / APNew York, NY – Transit officials are considering curbing the growing number of rodents in New York City’s subway system with a product that induces sterility in female rats

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    The MTA detailed the pilot program on Monday.

    The agency is working with SenesTech, a Flagstaff, Ariz.-based company that has used ContraPest in agricultural areas of Southeast Asia.

    The product poses no threat to other animals, crops or humans and does not leach into water.

    It will be placed in bait boxes in a handful of subway trash rooms.


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    hershel
    hershel
    11 years ago

    It isn’t dangerous they said, we didn’t know it was dangerous they will say.

    mendoza
    mendoza
    11 years ago

    there are 10 rats per person in nyc

    sasregener
    sasregener
    11 years ago

    What took them so long…its not rocket science.

    11 years ago

    Give them each a 16 oz soda and they will for sure die.

    toolee
    toolee
    11 years ago

    Here comes PETA

    Aryeh
    Aryeh
    11 years ago

    Perhaps if they sterilized the subways, we would not have this problem in the first place?

    abuezri
    abuezri
    11 years ago

    How about releasing 1000 cats in the subways?

    Secular
    Secular
    11 years ago

    …so let me get this straight…rats can get free birth control, but Sandra Fluke cannot?

    11 years ago

    i hope they are not using tax payer dollars for rat birth control, and peta ought t look into how this will affect the psychological anf physical well being of the rats who are unable to have families. lastly what effect will this have on male rats who unwittingly eat that stuff.