Humans have been poisoning rodents for centuries. But fast-breeding rats and mice have evolved resistance to earlier poisons.

Shocking video shows a man encouraging his dog to kill a domestic rat - as he filmed it on his phone. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the ...

An animal welfare charity has criticised the sentence of a man who goaded a lurcher dog into killing a domestic rat.

Rats have made the various aviaries at Singapore's only bird park their home and have been running amok in the bird enclosures. The pests were observed feeding on food left out for birds and ...

New York is facing its rat problem head-on. New York City is known for its towering skyscrapers and bustling streets, but lurking beneath the glitz and glamour of the city that never sleeps are 3 ...

THIS is the sickening moment that a man encouraged his dog to kill a domestic rat - as he filmed it on his phone. Liam Fair is seen shouting at his lurcher to attack the rodent in the video ...

Pest controllers say some Brits are putting down poison to kill rats themselves - but this is dangerous to wildlife and pets, and if rats are entering a home through a sewer, they will keep coming ...

All five were arraigned and being held without bail at Ontario County Jail, according to District Attorney Jim Ritts, who described Nordquist’s killing as “beyond depraved.” Swift said at ...

UK homeowners are being alerted to a potential rat invasion, with pest control experts predicting the 'worst winter for invasions ever'. The current cold, grey and wet weather conditions are ...

But feral mink were of devastating impact after ... as the invading hedgehogs quickly developed a taste for omelette. A blunt kill-them-all policy had to be abandoned after a campaign by ...