Tag: rats

Found a Rat in Your House? Here’s How to Get Rid of It

By Hunter Boyce From Atlanta Journal-Constitution It’s the middle of the night, and you’re sound asleep. A noise jolts you awake, and you hear the pitter-patter of tiny, scurrying feet. A quick, anxious inspection of your space reveals a pile of droppings under your bed. You have rats living just feet away from where you…


NYC Mayor Adams Gets Split Decision in Battle Against Rats

NEW YORK—In his battle against rats, New York City Mayor Eric Adams scored a split decision Tuesday when a hearing officer dismissed one summons while upholding another issued by a city inspector citing him for not doing enough to keep rodents at bay from his Brooklyn townhouse. In a city where some residents consider rats…


Detecting Danger: Africa’s Giant Rats

Miss Marple has a remarkable nose for danger. She is a rat, and she detects landmines by smelling them. She was born in the training lab of the Belgian company Apopo in Tanzania. Here, African giant rats—the size of a cat—are taught to sniff out explosives hidden in the ground. After a year’s training, she…


Lab Rat Offspring Got Rib Malformations After COVID Vaccination: Moderna Trial Documents

Moderna documents regarding their COVID vaccine trial on animals, obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request by Judicial Watch, showed that some of the offspring of rats that were injected with Moderna’s mRNA shot developed rib malformations. The 700 pages contain a portion of the formal Biologics Licensing Application (BLA) package that a manufacturer…