{"id":190,"date":"2024-04-14T15:53:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T15:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/?p=190"},"modified":"2024-06-11T14:31:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T14:31:53","slug":"pbs-to-lower-its-rat-population-nyc-considers-birth-control-as-a-humane-option","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/2024\/04\/14\/pbs-to-lower-its-rat-population-nyc-considers-birth-control-as-a-humane-option\/","title":{"rendered":"PBS: To lower its rat population, NYC considers birth control as a humane option"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/science\/to-lower-its-rat-population-nyc-considers-birth-control-as-a-humane-option\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Maysoon Khan and Cedar Attanasio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New York lawmakers are proposing rules to humanely drive down the population of rats and other rodents, eyeing contraception and a ban on glue traps as alternatives to poison or a slow, brutal death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Politicians have long come up with creative ways to battle the rodents, but some lawmakers are now proposing city and statewide measures to do more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In New York City, the idea to distribute rat contraceptives got fresh attention in city government Thursday following the death of an escaped zoo owl, known as Flaco, who was found dead with&nbsp;rat poison&nbsp;in his system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">City Council Member Shaun Abreu proposed a city ordinance Thursday that would establish a pilot program for controlling the millions of rats lurking in subway stations and empty lots by using birth control instead of lethal chemicals. Abreu, chair of the Committee on Sanitation and Solid Waste Management, said the contraceptives also are more ethical and humane than other methods.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/science\/to-lower-its-rat-population-nyc-considers-birth-control-as-a-humane-option\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Maysoon Khan and Cedar Attanasio<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New York lawmakers are proposing rules to humanely drive down the population of rats and other rodents, eyeing contraception and a ban on glue traps as alternatives to poison or a slow, brutal death.<\/p>\n<p>Politicians have long come up with creative ways to battle the rodents, but some lawmakers are now proposing city and statewide measures to do more.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/2024\/04\/14\/pbs-to-lower-its-rat-population-nyc-considers-birth-control-as-a-humane-option\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/shaun-abreu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}