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…
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PRESS RELEASE ON BEHALF OF THE CAMPAIGN FOR RESPONSIBLE RODENTICIDE USE 20 May 2020 Remote point of sale audits boost rodenticide review readiness Amid covid disruption, users and sellers of professional-use-only rodenticides are reminded that a formal review of the UK Rodenticide Stewardship Regime by its HSE-led Government Oversight Group is imminent. Dr Alan Buckle, chairman…
British Retail Consortium announce guidance for pest control activities The British Retail Consortium have provided guidelines on pest control procedures during the current crisis. It acknowledges that pest control is a key factor in protecting food and therefore public health and safety. However, it does specify that contractors must have procedures in place to safeguard…
Study finds that seagulls can act as a reservoir for Multi Drug Resistant Bacteria ‘A recent academic study led by researchers at the University of Liverpool and published in the Microbial Drug Resistance journal, looked into urban gulls acting as a reservoir and spreading antimicrobial resistant bacteria in the environment. This study has identified…
Rodenticide resistance in rats has been confirmed in several new areas by a Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use study. These include Durham, Northumberland, Tyneside and North Yorkshire, Greater Manchester and along the River Severn valley from Somerset to north west Shropshire, northern East Anglia and Devon. Surveillance in 2019 by University of Reading’s Vertebrate Pests…
Today, Natural England’s chair and deputy chair Tony Juniper and Lord Blencathra joined me in giving evidence to the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Committee on our decision to revoke three general licences for controlling wild birds. Please read more HERE.
General Licences to kill or to take wild birds to prevent serious damage or disease; to preserve public health or public safety; and to conserve flora or fauna. Following discussions with representatives of licence users, Natural England is providing some further background to the claim for judicial review brought by Wild Justice concerning three general…
Natural England has today (Friday 03 May) published new general licences for controlling birds. The licences, which allows people to kill or take Canada geese to preserve public health and safety and wood pigeon for preventing serious damage to crops are part of a programme to replace the previous general licences for controlling 16 species…
By Marian Spain, interim chief executive Natural England There has been a large amount of media coverage and interest in the decision to revoke the three general licences. These cover 16 species of birds, including several members of the crow family, Canada geese, some gulls, feral and wood pigeons. Natural England announced on Tuesday (23…