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Pests in Paradise

Alicia for jcehrlich.com | August 8, 2011
A few years ago I visited the Carribean on a business trip and stayed in an all-inclusive resort. Though not enjoyable, the food was edible. Or as I discovered later, inedible. Over 80% of conference delegates were ill. Diacalm became a precious commodity, traded in meetings for chocolate, branded gin and other luxuries smuggled through [...]

Rat bites in ‘private’ parts, human eating pests and vice versa

BenH for rentokil.in | January 20, 2011
I wasn’t planning to write about pest in the headlights so soon after the ‘interesting’ news of December. Luckily for us pest controllers, 2011 starts out to be an amazing ‘pest in the news’ year. There were much more interesting news, but I have to constrain myself to the truly unbelievable

5 Poems Rentokil Would Have Ruined

Alicia for jcehrlich.com | January 18, 2011
To A Mouse by Robert Burns “To A Mouse” is Burns’s apology to a field mouse whose nest he had disturbed. He in turn reflected on the nature of life, and how despite our best intentions and efforts, things out of our control can ruin our plans (“The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men/ [...]

Students’ Furry Fury Over Rat Curry

Alicia for rentokil.in | December 9, 2010
A rat’s head found in a chicken curry created a major uproar yesterday. The rat was discovered by a student dining at Rajshahi University in western Bagladesh, sparking a flash of angry demonstrators calling for action to be taken against the chef.

Temperatures Are Down… Rodents Are Up

Brigitta for rentokil.ie | December 8, 2010
For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. This sentence has been engrained in my mind since school, but don’t worry I am certainly not about to launch into a blog about Newton’s laws of motion – science was never my strong point.