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rodent control


Why Rodents Vacation In Our Comfy Abodes

It’s mid-October and among the many things October is known and celebrated for, rodent control isn’t usually one of them. Oddly enough October is also National Rodent Prevention Month, a departure from all things typically October like; raking and or blowing metric tons of fallen leaves, Halloween and your neighbors um, colorful if not over [...]

Rat Island Purchased by Bronx Man

Rat Island, a 2 ½ acre rock off the shores of City Island in New York City sold for $160,000 recently to Alex Schibli of City Island, New York, without, of all things, any rats. Mr. Schibli, who outbid a nonprofit, a family that wanted to purchase the island and rename it after a relative, [...]

Surveying Britain’s Rodent Control

The last national rodent control survey published by the National Pest Technicians Association (NPTA) sparked a flurry of media interest and headlines screaming ‘Rat Population Explodes.’ This year the same survey reported rodent control by local authorities was down by 51%. Great news, but scratch beneath the surface and there’s a far more worrying story [...]

Pest Control Using Mouse Radar

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 [...]