The ultimate horror of trench rats was suffered in WWI when the rodents fed off food, wastes and corpses, promoting disease ...

Animal protection officers in British Columbia have rescued three pit bulls – including one that gave birth to 10 puppies – ...

One of three adult pit bull mixes taken in by the B.C. SPCA from a rat-infested Kelowna home this summer has given birth to a ...

Editor’s note: This story contains descriptions and images of dogs hunting rats that could upset some readers. The sound of a rat screaming in the jaws of a terrier is the same sound that a ...

A female pit bull found in a rat and feces infested Kelowna home has given birth at an SPCA veterinary hospital in Penticton.

The fight against rats is ultimately a matter of a city's social contract with its citizens. Some take this war more seriously than others, patrolling the streets with rodent-killing dogs ...

A cruel pet owner swung his rat round by the tail to encourage one of his dogs to attack and kill it. Liam Fair faces being ...

and each litter can have as many as 12 rat pups. The addition of even one extra litter can have devastating consequences for a city block, making it nearly impossible to tamp down their numbers.

Samples taken in the pandemic's early weeks reinforce hypothesis that coronavirus emerged from live animal market, not a ...

The most rat-infested cities revealed ...

One of three adult pit bull mixes taken in by the B.C. SPCA from a rat-infested Kelowna home this summer has given birth to a bevy of healthy pups that will be available for adoption after they ...