Top 10 Best Pest Control News Stories of 2013

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