Pest Control News Archive

Rabies are on the rise within several wildlife species in Ontario this year. In particular, several rabies infected raccoons have been found over the past few months, which is of great concern considering that there hasn’t even been one case of a raccoon with rabies over the past 10 years in Ontario. Rabies can be lethal if not treated quickly so wildlife experts are warning people that spend time outdoors and those who have pets to take the necessary precautions to avoid coming in contact with this disease. Jessica Morris, the Manager of Health Protection for Public Health Services says that the best way to prevent rabies is to get your pets vaccinated and to be careful when in areas that have a lot of wildlife, especially raccoons and skunks.

New research conducted in Japan has shown that American cockroaches reproduce even in the absence of males. The study shows that this species of cockroach can actually reproduce for several years without meeting a member of the opposite sex. In the study, the research team isolated 15 virgin female cockroaches for 3 years, which ended up growing into around 1000 cockroaches by the end of the study. The cockroaches reproduced through asexual reproduction, which until recently was thought to be a last resort method of reproduction for American cockroaches. So if you were wondering why cockroaches are so difficult to completely exterminate, their rapid rate of reproduction, even in the absence of males, is surely one reason. Call us to get rid of cockroaches for good.

Now that medical marijuana is becoming more readily available to Canadians, tougher regulations and controls are being put in place to ensure that the medical marijuana being distributed is safe to consume. One of the newest regulations will result in random testing of medical marijuana by Health Canada to check for unauthorized pest control products. This has been put into place as a result of two major medical marijuana producers doing a voluntary recall on some of their products after low levels of prohibited pest control substances were found. Licensed producers are only allowed to use 13 approved pest control products, which have been approved by the Pest Control Products Act (PCPA) in order to ensure consumer safety and quality-control.