The city created a permanent Mayor's Office of Rodent Mitigation to centralize coordination, strategy, public outreach, and agency oversight for long-term rat control.
Cities control urban animal populations through sterilization: ear-notching cats and testing temporary fertility-suppressing drugs for female rats alongside other control methods.
Calif. hotel employee, 26, dies of rare rat-linked virus that killed Gene Hackman's wife: report
Rodrigo Becerra, 26, died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare disease linked to rodents, just days before his birthday, prompting health officials to investigate.