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borebore@lemmy.worldM to Boston, MA@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago

Boston stops using rodenticides that can also kill raptors and pets, looks at expanding rat birth-control pilot

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Boston stops using rodenticides that can also kill raptors and pets, looks at expanding rat birth-control pilot

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borebore@lemmy.worldM to Boston, MA@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months ago
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City rat fighters have largely stopped using anti-coagulants that kill not only rats, but any wild predators and pets that might eat them and is instead now relying on relying on pumping carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide into burrows to asphyxiate them, according to John Ulrich, who oversees ISD's rat control efforts. Read more.
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    Tiny condoms for rats, and sex ed programs to teach them how to use them.

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      What if we just fuck up their economy enough that they can’t afford to procreate? For more information, check out our new Rat MAGA coin.

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      Jesus told me that rat abstinence is the only option.

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        That’s how you end up with rat bastards.

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