The Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use UK’s new chairperson is Nigel Cheeseright. Following a two-month handover from Dr Alan Buckle, who is retiring after two decades in the role, he begins a three-year term on 1 May.From 2010 to 2021 with Rentokil Initial as head...
In readiness for all anticoagulant rodenticide purchases being restricted July onwards to their use inside and around buildings only, the latest UK Rodenticide Stewardship annual report includes for the first time an explanation specific to rodent pest control of what constitutes a ‘building’. Summarised from guidance...
The Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU) UK has monitored barn owl breeding in collaboration with the Wildlife Conservation Partnership (WCP) every year since 2011. Over the study’s 12 years, the percentage of successful nests ranged between 23.2% in 2013 and 64.5% in 2014, with...
Press Release: Tuesday 2 January 2024 All three user groups of second generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) covered by the UK Rodenticide Stewardship Regime – pest controllers, gamekeepers and farmers – have two years to prepare for a significant change in access to such products. Despite resistance from...
A new chairperson is being recruited by the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use to take up the role early next year on retirement of Dr Alan Buckle, chairman since CRRU’s inception in 2004. CRRU’s ultimate objective is to reduce the incidence of rodenticide residues in barns...
To help gamekeepers prepare for next year’s rodenticide authorisation changes, which effectively will rule out using any second-generation anticoagulant (SGAR) in open areas away from buildings, the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use is appealing for practical questions that need addressing. CRRU chairman Dr Alan Buckle acknowledges...
To help farmers prepare for next year’s rodenticide authorisation changes, which effectively will rule out using any second-generation anticoagulant (SGAR) in open areas away from buildings, the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use is appealing for practical questions that need addressing. CRRU chairman Dr Alan Buckle acknowledges...
Press Release: Mon 12 June 2023 Legal authorisation is being withdrawn for open area and waste dump use for the only two second generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) currently allowed to be used that way, bromadiolone and difenacoum. This will take effect in July next year. The change...
Press Release: 6 April 2023 The latest surveillance in barn owls together with recent intelligence from the government-run Wildlife Incident Investigation Scheme ring alarm bells for professional-grade rodenticide users, according to the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use. Chairman Dr Alan Buckle emphasises that this alert is...
It is with great sadness that we learned of the death of pest control stalwart John Hope, states CRRU chairman Alan Buckle. “For several years John represented the National Pest Technicians Association on the CRRU UK Task Force and in both the Training and Certification...