CHICAGO — Rogers Park residents have reported finding rat poison pellets throughout the neighborhood, raising concerns about the use of the substance and its potential harm to pets. For Michael Kasper ...

A New York City lawmaker wants to avenge avian icon Flaco, who died with a dangerous amount of rodenticide in his system, by sterilizing rats. Councilmember Shaun Abreu introduced a bill on Thursday ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo is testing a new way to tackle the city’s rat problem without harming other urban wildlife. Researchers with the Chicago Rat Project have launched a ...

The pastel-colored pellets are sweet-tasting and look like candy to children. Only it's not candy. It's rat poison. And a newly formed environmental justice group is sounding the alarm. "There's not a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — Rogers Park residents have ...