(CBS Local)-- Oh rats, it turns out your cat just isn't that interested. Cats have long been thought of as the natural enemy of rats. However, a new study shows that while your prowling feline might ...

Niles police expressed satisfaction with a pilot program begun in August to “deputize” five feral cats to control the rat population, a police official told Pioneer Press. Now, the department says it ...

CHICAGO — Out of all things Chicago is known for, its rat problem is not exactly a source of pride for the city's residents and businesses. For eight years in a row, the pest control company Orkin has ...

News 12 visited various bodegas in the Bronx and found that not every store had a cat - but all of the employees agreed that cats help keep the rats out. The Department of Sanitation says citywide rat ...

New York rats are big and bad. They sit calmly on the subway tracks, ignoring discomfited commuters on the platform. They stroll through Central Park as if they owned the place. They pretty much rule ...

Researchers at the Lincoln Park Zoo conducted a study of feral cats in Chicago to determine whether they’re impacted by eating rats that ingest poison. The study was led by Maureen Murray, a PhD with ...

When a rat encountered a cat in a bathroom the animal attempted to play dead, in a scene many have compared to the real-life Tom and Jerry. In footage shared to TikTok on March 13 by Dylan Aguillard, ...

New Yorkers, the faintest sliver of a red crescent is rising over the horizon, like a sun waking up from our looming nightmare. On Wednesday, former Republican mayoral candidate and perpetual red ...

WASHINGTON — Neighbors in Foggy Bottom are playing a game of cat and mouse over a rat-catching feline named Kitty Snows. Kitty kills rats. She's been slaying rodents in Foggy Bottom since 2021 when ...

WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Tenants at a Dupont Circle apartment building are searching for a solution to the building’s rampant rat problem. Neighbors at The Flats at Dupont Circle on N Street NW told ...