The Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use (CRRU UK) has released a new Q&A document to clarify upcoming proof of competence requirements for purchasing and using professional-use rodenticides. This guide, aimed at supporting farmers, gamekeepers, and professional pest controllers, offers tailored advice to each group as...
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...
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...
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...
A sudden and marked increase in the numbers of wildlife incidents that involve the powerful rodenticide brodifacoum has been identified by the government-run Wildlife Incident Investigation Scheme (WIIS). Some involve either negligent misuse or intentional abuse to harm wildlife. Click HERE to download the image Chairman of...
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...