Republican mayoral candidate Curtis Sliwa says cat colonies are the answer to New York City's rat problem. On Sunday, Sliwa outlined his plan to continue the war on rats. In addition to sanitation, ...

I wasn’t expecting to read a headline about cat-sized rats while eating my lunch today – but here we are. According to news reports, a massive rat “the size of a cat” was discovered in a person’s home ...

Niles police expressed satisfaction with a pilot program begun in August to “deputize” five feral cats to control the rat population, a police official told Pioneer Press. Now, the department says it ...

There are now an estimated 3 million rats in New York City — a 50 percent increase from a decade ago. The report, from a pest-control company, used rat-sighting data from 2022 and 2023, building off ...

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News 12 visited various bodegas in the Bronx and found that not every store had a cat - but all of the employees agreed that cats help keep the rats out. The Department of Sanitation says citywide rat ...

Hundreds of stray cats have been released in northwest China's prairies to control the region's rat rampage, sparking online debate and concern. In early August, eight stray cats were released into ...