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Giant Rats In Tiny Vests Trained To Sniff Out Illegally Trafficked Wildlife
F orget fictional Rodents of Unusual Size – for wildlife traffickers, there are real life giant rats to be feared, after ...
Tribeca Citizen2d
Getting control of the rat situation in Washington Market Park
The Parks Department will open the park late two mornings a week and use a battery of techniques to hopefully diminish the ...
AZ Central1mon
Colonies of big-city rat experts work to outsmart rodent community
‘Drug sellers left’ but rats remain in park Back in Bryant Park, home to the main branch of the New York Public Library and two giant stone lions, tourists and workers huddled under ...
New York Daily News18d
New York is the rattiest state, according to exterminators
New York State leads the nation in rat-infested cities with five, including third-ranked New York City. Orkin released its annual rundown of 50 cities where it treated the most places for rodents ...
Newsweek on MSN9d
African Giant Pouched Rats Training To Sniff Out Illegal Wildlife Trade
The intelligent rodents have a particularly keen nose and have been previously trained to detect landmines and tuberculosis.
Smithsonian Magazine11d
These Giant, Vest-Wearing Sniffer Rats Could Help Combat the Illegal Wildlife Trade, Scientists Say
But law enforcement officials may soon have a new tool for combatting these and other tactics: rats. Scientists are training African giant pouched rats (Cricetomys ansorgei) to sniff out pangolin ...
WLOX1mon
New York City to put rats on birth control
NEW YORK (Gray News) - The New York City Council passed a bill that will put rats on birth control. According to the bill, a local rat contraceptive pilot program will begin in a small section of ...
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New York City to put rats on birth control
NEW YORK (Gray News) - The New York City Council passed a bill that will put rats on birth control. According to the bill, a local rat contraceptive pilot program will begin in a small section of the ...