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.

Following the successful capture and “humane” killing of more than 100 rats in one month around Brooklyn Borough Hall and Cadman Plaza, local officials are calling for the expansion of the pilot ...

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FILE - 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 ...