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How to limit rat numbers? Train humans

NPR | By Ava Berger

Published September 24, 2026 at 2:13 PM PDT

No matter how much poison you put out, rats continue to thrive. So D.C.'s Rat Rangers are trying education (of people, not the rats). They take residents into back alleys to illuminate the problem.