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Successful trials in the [[New York City Subway]] system have suggested ContraPest's efficacy in reducing brown rat populations.<ref name=":3" />

In 2024, a [[Municipal council|City Council]] bill in [[New York City|New York]] proposed deploying contraceptive pellets, including ContraPest, to sterilize both male and female rats in designated areas, aiming to reduce the rat population.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Fitzsimmons |first=Emma G. |date=2024-04-10 |title=The Next Frontier in New York's War on Rats: Birth Control |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/10/nyregion/nyc-rat-contraception-birth-control.html |access-date=2024-05-07 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> On September 26, the the city council approved pilot programs to use the contraceptive in an effort to reduce its rodent population. The initiative marked a potential shift in the city's long-standing strategy against its rat infestation and was inspired by the death of [[Flaco (owl)|Flaco the Owl]], which raised concerns about rat poison effects.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-09-27 |title=New York greenlights rat birth control to curb city’s infestation |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/sep/27/rat-birth-control-nyc |access-date=2024-09-30 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

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