Massachusetts lawmakers want to restrict a type of rat poison that is particularly dangerous to birds, pets and wildlife.

Wildlife advocates celebrated Friday’s release of a red-tailed hawk that had been treated for rat poisoning for the past four ...

Wildlife advocates and pest-control experts said the best way to get rid of rats ... “We can’t poison our way out of this rat problem,” said Gerard Brown, who oversees rodent control at ...

Gavin Newsom signed tighter rat poison restrictions into law today ... “If we use these poisons, we poison one of the very best solutions to rodent control,” said Lisa Owens Viani, director of Raptors ...

Despite statewide restrictions on the deadly poisons, new research shows they’re still infiltrating the food web.

The poison interferes with the ... then trapping and killing mice and rats won’t solve the problem, advocates argue. Effective pest control is best achieved through what’s known as ...

Exclusion and sanitation are the best approach to managing rodents ... More than 175 less-toxic rat poison products are still available for use. Anyone wanting to report complaints about ...