Pens, toys and cigars have all been used as booby traps in past conflicts around the world to harm or kill unsuspecting targets. Using an element of surprise, booby traps are triggered when someone ...

The idea for the 'exploding' rat - now immortalised as part of the SOE legend - was developed in 1941. The aim was to blow up the enemy's boilers by lying the rat on the coal beside the boiler, with ...

If passed, a federal act prohibiting the use of sticky traps could reduce harm to wildlife, such as snakes and birds, and relieve suffering of rodents, advocates say. A domestic rat pokes its head out ...

Rat trap manufacturers have petitioned Bombay High Court against the Animal Welfare Board of India's ban on glue traps, arguing it infringes their legal rights. The ban, they claim, violates ...