Transcript: Mayor Adams Delivers Opening Remarks at National Urban Rat Summit Posted on September 20, 2024 “All right, so welcome once again to the National Urban Rat Summit hosted in New York City. My name’s Kathy Corradi, citywide director of Rodent Mitigation. And I am delighted to start our summit with a welcome from the 110th mayor of New York City, a big advocate in this work, Mayor Eric Adams. Good … Read More from Transcript: Mayor Adams Delivers Opening Remarks at National Urban Rat Summit
National Urban Rat Summit a ‘Meeting of the Minds’ of Rodent Control Experts Posted on September 20, 2024 Organized by the City of New York, Office of the Mayor and Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, along with the New York State IPM Program at Cornell University, the two-day event was an opportunity for those involved in municipal rodent management to connect and share ideas on the complex and interagency-related challenges of achieving … Read More from National Urban Rat Summit a ‘Meeting of the Minds’ of Rodent Control Experts
The Global War on Island Rats Posted on September 20, 2024 In 1959, voracious invasive rats were blamed for killing hundreds of white-faced storm petrels, a small seabird, on New Zealand’s Maria Island. In part to protect the birds, conservationists spread rat poison on the 2-hectare island, also known as Ruapuke. They didn’t intend to eradicate the rats but 5 years later were pleasantly surprised to … Read More from The Global War on Island Rats
