3. Get rid of the rats. Place unset, baited traps in a trap box on the rat path. Add new bait each day, and on the third day after the rats have started eating the bait, set the baited traps.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Filicide is the deliberate act of a parent killing his or her own son or daughter. The word filicide derives from the Latin words filius meaning son or filia meaning daughter and the suffix -cide meaning to kill, murder, or cause death.
Resnick said that while the incidence of filicide-suicide is no more common nowadays than in previous eras, suicides generally spike during difficult economic times, when people have more trouble making ends meet. The study by Resnick's group shows no strong link between divorce or separation and filicide-suicide.