Green Bay recently made the list of top 50 "rattiest" cities in the country, and with colder weather moving in, rodents are looking for safety inside people's homes.
These concerns over rats has prompted PETA to run advertisements in Green Bay for humane rodent control.
The ads, which will run on city buses, show a cartoon rat next to the phrase, "Only a dirty rat uses cruel pest control. Be kind."
PETA has offered the following tips for humane rodent control.
- Put all food and garbage in sturdy, well-sealed containers that rats can't chew through.
- Feed companion animals indoors, and pick up the dishes when they've finished eating.
- Trim back vegetation around buildings, and seal holes larger than ¼-inch in diameter, cracks in the walls and floors, and gaps around doors, windows, and plumbing.
- After rat-proofing the building, live-trap and remove any rats still inside. Use a commercially available Havahart trap or make your own. Check the trap hourly, and release any captured rats within 100 yards of where they were caught.
