Rescuers saved 450 pet rats. Now they’re trying to get people to adopt them.

“The humane thing to do is not use an exterminator and save these little animals that are happy and want to live,” animal ...
WRAL

Wild rats help Duke researchers understand auto-immune diseases

One in every 20 people in the United States develops auto-immune diseases, such as Type 1 diabetes or multiple sclerosis. One in every 10 people develop nasal and sinus allergies. Why are these ...
Los Angeles Times

California’s rat poison bans aren’t working. Wild animals and pets are still dying

For at least a decade, California has tried to restrict the use of rat poison so it stops killing all manner of creatures besides rats. So far, it hasn’t worked. When a wild animal preys upon a rat ...
The Columbian

Texas rat rescue finds pets new homes

Chloe Hedrick’s pet rat Charlotte hides in a bag July 5 in Dallas. Currently, Hedrick has seven rats that she got through DFW Rat Rescue. (Chitose Suzuki/The Dallas Morning News) DALLAS — Standing on ...