Top 10 Pest Control
Stories of 2013
Shocking Stories From
Around The Globe
Pest Control News Round Up 2013
By Excel Environmental Services Pest Control Glasgow
http://www.excelenvironmental.co.uk/
We Wanted To Round Up The Most Popular Pest Control News Stories From Around The Globe…
…of 2013
Number 10.
Rentokil - ‘Pestaurant’
August 2013
Source: The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/
The Independent reported that Rentokil opened a pop-up ‘Pestaurant’ serving Maggots, Ants, Pigeons and Worms à la carte
Your can read the original
Independent news article here
Keep up with the latest news on the
‘Pestaurant’ on the Rentokil site
here
!
And find out how the natives of
Edinburgh got on when the pop-up
‘Pestaurant’ visited the capital here
Number 9.
Bug-A-Salt - Pest Control Tech September 2013
Source: Timorous Beastie Pest Control Blog
http://www.glasgowpestcontrol.com/
In September (2013) we were introduced to the Bug-A-Salt by Timorous Beasties’
Pest Control Blog
The story initially introduced a range of new and strange
pest control technologies. But it was the Bug-A-Salt that
stood out
How does it work?
The Bug-A-Salt
Powerless pump action Fires regular table salt
Kills insects efficiently & effectively
Your can read the original blog post by Timorous Beastie, a Glasgow based pest control blog here
!
The main Bug-A-Salt product website can be found here
Number 8.
Crime Fighting Rats
September 2013
Source: BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
The BBC back in September (2013) reported that a small
select group of Rats we being trained to ‘fight crime’…
…in Holland (or The
Netherlands)
The Dutch police picked & trained a specially selected group of Rats to distinguish
between a range of odours…
Drugs, Guns, Money,
Explosives…
You can read more about the
crime fighting Rats over on the
International Business Times
website here
!
If you’d like to watch the Rats in
training head over to the BBC
News site here
Number 7.
Maine Locals Fined for Feeding The Pigeons
June 2013 Source: Bangor Daily News
http://bangordailynews.com/
The Bangor Daily News reported that the local council in Maine (USA) started fining
local residents for feeding Pigeons
The original Bangor Daily
News article can be be
found here
Number 6.
5 kg 1 Meter Long Rats Found In China
October 2013 Source: The Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
The Daily Mail reported that locals in the Shaoyang region in China caught and killed a Rat
weighing 5 kg and measuring 1 meter in length
The full giant Rat story from the
Daily Mail can be found here
Number 5.
Royal Mail Cancels Deliveries Due to Seagull Attacks
July 2013 Source: The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/
Every British summer time brings with it story after story
of diving and swooping Seagulls terrorising our towns
and cities…
…despite this, as the Guardian reported this summer, the Royal Mail
cancelled deliveries at a street in Cornwall due to
aggressive Seagull diving
According to the Guardian the Royal Mail took this
decision to ensure the health and safety of their staff
members
You can read the original article on the Guardian website
here !
OR you can watch an interview with local residents on youtube
here
Number 4.
Iranian Snipers Target Massive Rat Infestation
April 2013 Source: The Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/
The Huffington Post reported that Iran had experienced
its largest ever snowfall, resulting in massive sewer
flooding
As a result an estimated 25 million Rats became active
within the city of Tehran
Local authorities failed to eradicate the problem with
45 tons of vermin poison
The Iranian government stepped in and ordered army snipers to cull the Rat population one-by-
one
You can read more about the Iranian Rat control
methods on the Huffington Post website here
Number 3.
The Largest Rat Extermination,
Ever
July 2013
Source: The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/
The Guardian reported this summer that the small southern atlantic ocean island of South
Georgia had a major Rat problem
According to the report, the local bird population
were at serious risk of extinction due to the Rats
eating their eggs & young
The local government planned to eradicate the total Rat population by dropping 183 tons of
Brodifacoum (poison) on 224 sq miles of the island
You can read the full South
Georgia Rat eradication story on
the Guardian website here
Number 2 .
Terrified: Rats Appear Up The Toilet June 2013
Source: The Daily Mail & Huffington Post
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/
The Daily Mail and Huffington Post brought us one of the
most terrifying pest stories of the year…
…Margaret & Keith Woods found a Rat coming up the
toilet!
Their Rat became such a common & unwelcome guest
that the couple named it ‘Roland’
You can read more about the story on the Huffington
Post website here
Visit the Daily Mail to see Roland on video here
Number 1 .
The False Widow Spider Hysteria October 2013
Source: Various
http://www.theguardian.com/
During October, the False Widow Spider was chosen by the media as
the UK’s scare story of the year !
It made such a splash that it was voted our pest control news story of
2013
As the story developed, Sky News and the BBC
began to stoke the flames of mass spider panic with stories of ‘life threatening’ bites and hospitalisations
Pest control professionals began to report that the hysteria was in
fact…well…hysteria
The False Widow Spider bite was shown to be no more dangerous than a Bee sting and only occurs
in extremely rare occasions
But…
You can read more about the False Widow Spider Hysteria here
!
The Guardian also has a take on the story here
Thanks for
watching!
Presentation By
Excel Environmental
Services
!Pest Control Glasgow
0141 889 2999
http://www.excelenvironmental.co.uk/
@excelenviro
/excelglasgow
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