Rat birth control is one of those things that everyone who sees it goes "OMG RAT BIRTH CONTROL!" when we've honestly been trying it since the 1960s.

YOU try handing out teeny tiny condoms on the street. 😂

But really, this only works if there's OTHER mitigation...What do we need? TRASH CANS. When do we need them? LIKE 100 YEARS AGO.

Honestly the trash cans are the thing most likely to improve the problem in NYC.

But everyone gets excited by rat birth control.

nytimes.com/2024/04/10/nyregio

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@beebrookshire Clearly they should raise the rats' rent while also giving them the option of working remotely. That's got people leaving, why shouldn't it work on rats?

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