Mid-January will see publication of an abridged adaptation of the CRRU Code of Best Practice in pest rodent control. The need arises because, as responsible pest controllers know all too well, annual monitoring of barn owls by CRRU from 2016 to 2021 finds “stubbornly static”...
Dramatic drop in allegations of rogue rodenticide supply, however… • Watertight point-of-sale controls? Or loss of interest among tip-off sources? In the past year, only one suspected point-of-sale non-compliance case has been reported to the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use. There were 62 such alerts in the...
A report of the UK Rodenticide Stewardship Regime’s work covering 2016 to 2020 has been published by the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use. This feeds into a formal five-year review being carried out by its HSE-led Government Oversight Group. The regime’s work and achievements to date...
Rodenticide use for permanent, pulsed or burrow baiting, or in covered and protected bait stations, is now only legal if the product label permits these ‘non-standard’ scenarios specifically. This applies equally to pest controllers, farmers and gamekeepers. It comes into force, according to Campaign for Responsible...
Pest controllers, farmers and gamekeepers are being called upon to help create a more accurate national picture of resistance to rodenticides in rats and mice. In return, participants in the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU) testing programme get a free indication of their location's...
Barn owl breeding success last year (2019) was four percent higher, at 2.66 fledglings per nest, than the preceding four-year average, according to a new report from the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use. On the same basis, a 17% increase was also found in the...
Rodenticides based on cholecalciferol are subject to conditions of the UK Rodenticide Stewardship Regime, operated by the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use UK. This confirmation is prompted by new products coming to the UK market. CRRU chairman Dr Alan Buckle confirms that pest controllers, farmers...
The spread of rats against which some rodenticides don't work has taken a "surprising and troubling" turn, according to Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use chairman Dr Alan Buckle. New 2019-2020 survey results show not only that 74% of rat analysed carried a resistance gene but, of...
Appeal to pest controllers, farmers and gamekeepers for samples Free DNA testing for rodenticide resistance in rats and mice is available with the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use. Chairman Dr Alan Buckle says that without more testing, pest controllers, farmers and gamekeepers could be using products that...
Additional biosecurity measures when sending rat and mouse tail samples for rodenticide resistance testing have been introduced. Farmers, gamekeepers and pest controllers are asked to follow new packaging guidance HERE. Two main changes are to double-bag the samples and include a UN3373 label, which can be...