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There’s A Mouse About The House

Guest for rentokil.ie | April 30, 2012
Like many people of my age I grew up with two very famous mice in my life. They were Sylvester’s tormentor, Speedy Gonzales and poor Tom’s nemesis, Jerry. How I used to cheer for those mice as they ran rings around their protagonists. Later in life I faced the real thing, Mus musculus – the [...]

Mice Rehoused In Wimbledon Balls

Kennedy for rentokil.co.uk | July 12, 2011
Over the Wimbledon fortnight hundreds of tennis balls are used, in some cases a new ball every set. So what happens to all the balls following the conclusion of the tournament? I bet you would never guess. Following Wimbledon 2011, Lakes Aquarium in the Lake District, submitted an unusual request. With a house mouse rehousing [...]

Mice in the News and in the Newsroom

BenK for rentokil.co.uk | May 12, 2009
Mice and rats are in the news lots at the moment, read this post and this story for example. But recently I visited an actual newsroom where they have had a mouse problem. Several newsreaders from the TV were there. I asked one what she would do if she saw a mouse when she was on TV. [...]