The National Trust is this month beginning a pest control trial, using natural methods in a combination not previously used in a heritage setting, to tackle…
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Billions of pounds will be at risk if non-native species, including grey squirrel populations, are not managed, a leading squirrel charity has warned. The move comes…
The government has announced that new mass badger cull licences are to be stopped after 2022, under plans to phase out culling of the wild animals.…
Ridmus Alpha is the new fast acting rodenticide from Syngenta Professional Solutions, specifically designed to rapidly control house mice infestations. The company said the palatable formulation…
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has published its final versions of the new General Licences for the lethal control of wild birds,…
The US Department of Agriculture has reported the first known case of coronavirus in a wild animal; it said that a wild mink had tested positive…
Bellway Homes has received the biggest-ever fine for a wildlife crime, for destroying a soprano pipistrelle roost at a construction site in Greenwich in 2017. The…
Rodents are out in force again this year and with nationwide straw shortages, farmers are being urged to protect already scarce straw stocks, so they last…
Manchester-based pest control company Pest.co.uk has claimed the population of rats in the UK has increased by 30 million in a year to 150m, boosted by…
The British Pest Control Association (BPCA) has warned that heating ducts and pipes can be prime spots for cockroaches as the heating goes on in the…