The Race Against Rodents. How New York is Going Hard in its War on Rats | Beyond Borders

New York City is ramping up its war on rats, as residents complain of growing infestations. New trash rules aim to starve out rodents by keeping garbage sealed and off the streets. But the city’s sanitation workers are facing a new threat: a surge in leptospirosis, a potentially fatal disease spread through contact with rat urine. In response, the city is rolling out aggressive extermination methods like carbon monoxide poisoning, while also experimenting with longer-term solutions like birth control pills. But with the rodent population showing no signs of slowing, will these measures be enough to reclaim the streets, or are NYC’s rats here to stay? #documentary #beyondborders #trtworld #rats #newyork #wildlife ______ Beyond Borders is a location-based documentary show telling the human stories at the heart of the trends shaping our world. Subscribe:    / @beyondborderstrtworld   Follow Beyond Borders on Instagram:   / beyondbordersshow   Follow Beyond Borders on TikTok:   / beyondborderstrtworld   Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:17 - Sanitation Workers who survived Leptospirosis 03:54 - Sanitation Union President 04:33 - Rat exterminator 06:17 - Rat drowning buckets 08:07 - Buddy the Rat 10:08 - Humane solutions to tackle rats 11:26 - Rodentologist Bobby Corrigan 13:16 - Luna the rat hunting dog 15:01 - New York Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch 16:15 - Trash containerization trial 17:46 - Harlem residents on the frontline 21:50 - Rat Daddy tour of infested areas 23:10 - Rat birth control project 24:58 - Credits