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RATS, Raptors, and Reckitt Benckiser

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Mice/rats in your house or business? ” Most people don’t understand what they’re doing when they use rat poison. Three companies refused to comply: Reckitt Benckiser, Liphatech, and Spectrum Group. Call the pest control company. A company representative will come to your door and tell you the poisons they use are “safe.”

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“Hawk” vs. Hawk

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Let me introduce my guest blogger, Lisa Owens Viani, co-founder of the California-based group RATS ( Raptors Are The Solution ), which educates people about the dangers of rat poisons. Birds Conservation Bell Labs poisons Hawk rat poison Motomco wild bird poisoning wildlife poisoning'

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The Devil Is In The D-Con

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Activists and environmental groups went into overdrive, and in March 2014 the State of California approved a ban on the sale of the worst types of anti-coagulants. In April 2014, a 4-year-old boy in the Bronx, New York, died after eating rat poison. Banner photo by Dave Harper; second by Suzie Gilbert; third by RATS.

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Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer

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In Oregon, the Barred Owl is taking over Northern Spotted Owl territory and threatening that smaller bird’s survival. On the other hand, the extinction of the Spotted Owl is completely unacceptable. Infected rats, for example, no longer shun cat urine but find it an aphrodiasic.

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

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212) who trap, follow, and analyze the migration paths of Snowy Owls, a project founded in 2013, the magic year of the Snowy Owl irruption. Author Scott Weidensaul and a Snow Owl. Photograph by Chris DeSorbo, © 2021 Scott Weidensaul. Still–it’s a lot of material to take in. birding tour company.

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Birds and Bling

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First of all: most of us don’t have much, because we spend all our money on gauze, antibiotics, and frozen rats. asked Marge Gibson, when I asked a group of bird rehabbers about their bling experiences. “I I had an evil-tempered Great Horned Owl - is there any other kind? As for nice clothing … right!

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Can Nature Take Care of Itself?

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This blog was written by Marge Gibson, co-founder of Raptor Education Group, Inc. Inserts in rodent poisons that assure the public they will not kill anything but the offending rats or mice pedal the same questionable claims as those of the snake oil salesmen of bygone days. Well, you will see it in a way that you never have before.