FARMERS are calling for a nationwide text alert system similar to emergency fire warnings to immediately notify them when pest control chemicals are … NFF President Fiona Simsom told News Corp new Agriculture Minister David Littleproud should also review the APVMA’s powers to force companies …
Continue readingAlready licenced to hold both category A and B weapons, which the shotgun in question falls into, Harling collects and owns 31 registered weapons, largely due to his casual work as a feral pest controller. Under the Weapons Act, because Snr Const Harling had paid for the gun, instead of just borrowing …
Continue readingChapel Pest Control and Snake Takeaway’s Jamie Chapel removed the king brown, known as a mulga, from a garden shed in Kelso on Friday. “The mulga is arguably the largest venomous snake in Australia and produces the most volume of venom in a bite,” Mr Chapel said. “They are not actually a …
Continue readingChapel Pest Control and Snake Takeaway’s Jamie Chapel removed the king brown, known as a mulga, from a garden shed in Kelso on Friday. Jamie Chapel of Chapel Pest Control, releases a Mulga (King Brown) Snake after it being rescued from a residential home. Picture: Alix Sweeney. “The mulga …
Continue readingCouncil doesn’t suggest eradication is realistic for any widespread, established invasive pest and is not the aim of the Invasive Pests Control Scheme. Council expects all landowners to control invasive pests so as to reduce their spread and the impacts they may impose to other lands and owners of …
Continue readingOwner of Sydney’s Best Pest Control Sam Yehia said many people will call fumigators after seeing a redback or funnel-web spider on their property. But he said customers are often given the wrong information and insecticide does not completely exterminate the spiders. “Some technicians turn up to [a …
Continue readingEnvironmental groups in Canada have lashed out at the government, saying it has failed to protect bees. Ottawa has proposed limiting the use of bee-killing insecticides, but environmentalists want them completely banned. On Tuesday, Health Canada’s pest control body issued a report on a group of …
Continue reading“Customer service is important. Some technicians turn up to [a customer’s] door and don’t explain to the customer what they are going to do… and afterwards the expectations. It’s pest control, not pest eradication,” Mr Yehia said. “If you can’t spray a spider, you can’t kill it. When it come to funnel webs, …
Continue readingCouncillor Marika McNichol raised concerns for elderly property owners who did not have the time, skills or equipment required to get invasive pests under control. Cost is also a factor, with expensive chemicals and baits a burden on landholders. Cr McNichol said there was help for people who were …
Continue readingOne person even claimed to pour honey, butter or peanut butter on a plate and put outside their front and back door as a “diversion”. Breeds reported include black, ghost and pharaoh ants. Termites Gone Pest Control owner Mick Hogg confirmed there were lots of ants in Townsville. “It’s mainly because …
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