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The last days of summer are here and friends and family are heading back home after enjoying the sun and surf of another Cape Cod summer. As you take in the quiet time and cooler temperatures remember that now is the time to prevent a different type of houseguest from spending the winter with you. A little preventative work now will go a long way towards stopping animals from making your home their winter nesting place. Go around the foundation of your home and seal up any large spaces filling any smaller spots with steel wool, and eliminate food sources that may attract rodents. I can’t stress enough the harmful impact rodenticides have. There are alternative methods.
I recently wrote an article for Eastern Massachusetts Hawk Watch for their Fall newsletter titled, “Poison is Never the Answer”. The article details the harmful impacts of rodenticides on wildlife, answering questions about what rodenticides are and how they work, why using them is a threat to many other animals including domestic animals and children, and offers solutions using safe and effective alternative methods to control rodent populations.
Thank you for caring about all of our wild creatures.
Stephanie Ellis
Executive Director
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