The latest initiative in the war on rats – followed by the containerization of 70% of the city’s street trash and even a rat birth control program – is set to put an end to the “historically exploited” street tree beds used by vermin as a breeding ground, officials said. John Di Leonardo, executive director of the animal advocacy group Humane Long Island, told The Post that the rats will suffer a “slow and painful death” due to the poison – and argued lethal methods don’t work “as the resultant spike in the food supply causes accelerated breeding among survivors. 5 The latest initiative in the war on rats – followed by containerizing 70% of the city’s street trash and even feeding the rodents birth control – is set to put an end to the “historically exploited” street tree beds used by vermin as a breeding ground.
Author: Nicole Rosenthal
Published at: 2025-06-22 22:05:57
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