A high-tech approach to pest control is being deployed as a team battles a persistent rodent infestation in an urban area. Using a specialized gas-powered machine called the BurrowRx, exterminators are targeting the last remaining nests by pumping lethal fumes through hoses directly into burrows. The method represents an industrial-scale effort to eliminate the problem, though the process requires careful precision to ensure effectiveness. Residents and officials are likely watching closely as the operation unfolds.
Into the last hole they snaked a hose, which was attached to the BurrowRx, a gas-powered rat killing machine on wheels. The team’s exterminator turned on the machine, which bega ...