Legal teeth and rodent control update in 2021 Code of Best Practice to tackle “stubbornly static” rodenticide residues in barn owls Rodenticide use for permanent, pulsed or burrow baiting, or in covered and protected bait stations, is now only legal if the product label permits these ‘non-standard’ scenarios specifically. This applies equally to pest controllers,…
Government backs Bill banning the use of glue traps for pest control Link: Government website link Government backs Glue Traps (Offences) Bill to crack down on inhumane traps From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and The Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith Published 16 June 2021 Glue Traps (Offences) Bill to crack down on inhumane…
DEFRA have today released a document titled ‘Action for Animals’. The document has the backing of and includes a foreword by George Eustice (Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs). The Action Plan for Animal Welfare sets out DEFRA’s plans, aims and ambitions across 5 key areas: · sentience and enforcement ·…
PRESS RELEASE ISSUED ON BEHALF OF THE CAMPAIGN FOR RESPONSIBLE RODENTICIDE USE UK Static rodenticide residues in barn owl surveillance Two-thirds of barn owls analysed have been found with detectable liver residues of two or more second generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs). Another 21% were positive for one SGAR in this Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide…
PRESS RELEASE ISSUED ON BEHALF OF THE CAMPAIGN FOR RESPONSIBLE RODENTICIDE USE Free tests from CRRU of rodenticide resistance status Professional pest controllers are being called upon to help create a more accurate national picture of resistance to rodenticides in rats and mice. In return, participants will get a free indication of the sample…
PRESS RELEASE ISSUED ON BEHALF OF THE CAMPAIGN FOR RESPONSIBLE RODENTICIDE USE UK New barn owl study finds improved breeding performance Barn owl breeding success last year (2019) was four percent higher, at 2.66 fledglings per nest, than the preceding four-year average, according to a new report from the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use. On…
PRESS RELEASE ISSUED ON BEHALF OF THE CAMPAIGN FOR RESPONSIBLE RODENTICIDE USE (PPC list) Cholecalciferol rodenticides covered by stewardship regime Rodenticides based on cholecalciferol are subject to conditions of the UK Rodenticide Stewardship Regime, operated by the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use UK. This confirmation is prompted by new products coming to the UK…
One arrest made after operation into bird of prey persecution in Wiltshire A teenager has been arrested today following two warrants executed in East Wiltshire. Led by the Wiltshire Rural Crime Team but supported by local officers, officers from Hampshire Constabulary, South West Forensics, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), the National…
PRESS RELEASE ISSUED ON BEHALF OF THE CAMPAIGN FOR RESPONSIBLE RODENTICIDE USE Additional biosecurity for rat and mouse tail samples Additional biosecurity measures when sending rat and mouse tail samples for rodenticide resistance testing have been introduced. Farmers, gamekeepers and pest controllers are asked to follow new packaging guidance at thinkwildlife.org/downloads. Two main changes…
Anticoagulant Resistance Project 1 Anticoagulant Resistance Project Download Now NOTE: If your samples are from a location within a 5km radius of an existing data point then the samples may not be analysed free of charge. If you would like to check whether you are near any resistance go to RRAC’s online interactive questionnaire and map…