The rats of New York will have a new problem to worry about now that the city council approved the use of ContraPest, a "type of rodent birth control," according to The Guardian. The contraceptive will be hidden in containers that entice rats to eat it.

During a momentous week, the business of government went on at the City Council, which approved bills on jaywalking and rats.

Rat birth control was an option discussed this week by a Baltimore City Council committee gathered to focus on rate abatement efforts.

This summer, Mayor Adams announced a 20 percent drop in calls from New Yorkers to the city about rat problems. But the latest salvo in this battle is birth control. New York city council signed off on a pilot program last Thursday that would distribute contraceptive pellets called ContraPest in special containers in the hopes of sterilizing the rodents.

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If you thought London or Paris had a particularly bad rat problem, you’re going to completely lose it when you find out the measures New York City (NYC) has recently taken to try and curb its rodent issue.