The new program from the Wicker Park Bucktown Chamber of Commerce has crews installing bait boxes with rat birth control in alleys behind several major thoroughfares in the neighborhoods.

Residents say Birmingham shopkeepers are cashing in on the bin strikes by increasing the prices of rat poison amid the infestation. Locals say the cost of rat bait has skyrocketed due to demand as the ...

The non-poison bait used by North Shore Wildlife to lure rats into traps. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) The bait is just one of his strategies. Linscott said good exterminators also talk to their customers ...

Starting Tuesday, rat birth control will be installed in bait boxes in alleys behind several major commercial corridors in Wicker Park and Bucktown. The birth control is an alternative to rat poison.

Locals say the cost of rat bait has skyrocketed due to demand as the ongoing industrial action which has been blighting the city as strikes entered its fourth week. Article continues below The ...

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Chicago is testing a new rat control method using birth control instead of poison. Bait boxes with rat birth control will be placed in alleys in Wicker Park and Bucktown. The three-month pilot ...