Pest controllers are entrusted with the unenviable task of ending life. Usually people will jump to the conclusion that pest controllers are cold-blooded exterminators. I want to set the record straight here: we do not enjoy snuffing the life out of a pest as much as you think we do. Let me give you one example: rodent control.
My first encounter of mouse control came a few years ago during a routine ride with a technician. A small mouse was caught on one of the glue boards which we were checking. We use glueboards less and less often nowadays because they are considered an inhumane way to trap rats or mice as the trapped rodents could succumb to dehydration, hunger and then die if not removed from the glue board promptly.
Recently, technology has done its part to assist us to trap mice in a humane manner, in the form of a mouse control device called Radar. The mechanism of the Radar unit is pretty simple. When the mouse enters the Radar unit, the exit doors are closed and carbon dioxide is released. All this happens within 45 seconds. The gas effectively puts the mouse to sleep in a humane manner whilst ridding a high-risk environment of a potential pest.
No matter how I explain it, eradicating pests will always sound inhumane and cruel to some. But do hear me out. We despatch mice and other pests (in the most humane way possible) in order to bring you peace of mind, and the knowledge that you are safe from property damage, food contamination and – most worringly – vector-borne diseases. I rest my case.
(Editor’s note 20/4: This blog post refers to Malaysian pest control. In fact, the use of glueboards has declined such that they are no longer used in many countries/markets.)
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U’re absolutly right. No matter how I feel about rat, I wouldn’t wanna see them to suffer a lot prior death.
Mouse Radar is a brilliant piece of technology and I cannot think of a more humane way of disposing mice. However much i hate rats and mice and many other pests, i still could not hurt them myself and pest controllers do an admirable and unenviable job for the good of us all. I am glad though that they are able to do this in a humane way.
It is very sad to suffer a pest even i don’t like most of them.
no animal should ever suffer .whether its for money or not. Take pride and do a good job
I personally happy that there is now a mouse radar, because I hate mice, but still I can’t get rid of it myself, so that’s why we have pest control companies.
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