Planned Rathood: A Pill a Day Keeps the Rats Away

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The Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation (DSS) introduced a Rat Contraceptive Pilot Program to limit North Side rodent populations. Burrows will then become inactive over a set period of time, according to Deputy Commissioner for Rodent Control at the DSS Gloria Pittman. If areas are overpopulated with rodents, DSS will place flyers on residents’ doors to gain consent to bait outside areas of their property, according to Pittman. All of the partnered organizations said they would fund the project if it was successful, according to Pittman. “We have a very good integrated, fast management approach to solving this war on rodents,” Pittman said.