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Articles by Brad Matthews

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**

Boston might fight rats by using birth control

Rat poison hasn't worked in Boston, city officials say, but they have a plan B. At a city council meeting this week, Enrique Pepen proposed using birth control to lower the rat population.

July 12, 2024