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RATS, Raptors, and Reckitt Benckiser

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Mice/rats in your house or business? Call the pest control company. A company representative will come to your door and tell you the poisons they use are “safe.” When queried, he admitted he had recently hired a local company to get rid of the mice in his house. .” Alert: they’re lying. What to do?

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The Devil Is In The D-Con

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This was more than 30 years after these types of anti-coagulants had first been implicated in the deaths of protected wildlife and pets, as well as the sickening of children. In April 2014, a 4-year-old boy in the Bronx, New York, died after eating rat poison. Seven years later, all but three complied. No poisons are safe.

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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review

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I was especially interested in “To Hide From God,” the chapter on songbird slaughter and protection in Cyprus. birding tour company. It is often hard to be positive. But Weidensaul seems to have optimism in his DNA. He finds small victories and hope everywhere, particularly in places like Nagaland.

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