Patent ID: 8769865

Claim:
A rodent management station comprising: a housing having an interior space and including a base and a lid together at least in part defining the interior space of the housing, the base comprising a floor panel having a circumference and an inner surface on which rodents move within the interior space of the housing, the base further comprising an upstanding wall extending up from the floor panel about less than the entire circumference of said floor panel, the upstanding wall having an upper edge, a pair of end edges, and at least one gutter disposed in and extending along at least a portion of the upper edge and downward along at least a portion of each of the end edges of the upstanding wall to facilitate water drainage from the upstanding wall, the floor panel and the lid being hingedly coupled together, the lid being positionable relative to the base between a closed configuration of the station in which the interior space is substantially enclosed, and an opened configuration of the station in which the interior space is accessible for servicing, the lid being positioned away from the at least one gutter in the opened configuration of the station, said housing having an entry opening through which rodents enter the interior space of the housing, the rodent management station further comprising at least one of a trap and a bait positionable within the interior space of the housing.