evidence: "A couple of pet-safe pest control options are ‘rat zappers’ that electrocute the rodents, but are too small for a pet to access and bucket traps that rodents can fall into and then drown and, again, are too small for pets to access. There are also specific types of bait boxes, called Tier 1 boxes, that adult cats cannot get into but rats can. Traditional mouse traps can definitely cause pain and trauma to a pet but are rarely fatal."