Humane Approach to Pest Control

Welcome to the pest control in your home blog. We're going to bring you news and information and share articles from the web relating to this topic. What exactly are pests? Well, the word comes from the word "to pester", so I guess it's basically anything that bugs you! See, there it is, when we say "to bug", we don't mean something very nice, we mean something nagging and irritating.

Now, we don't feel that bugs, insects or rodents are a bad thing. I for one feel that some bugs are downright beautiful to look at. I love butterflies (who doesn't?), and I actually do sometime stop to look at a pretty shiny beetle or a moth with an interesting patter on its wings. Insects can be beautiful indeed. As for rodents, I actually like rats and mice. Snakes too. Not to mention cats and deer and skunks. All are creatures which at some point may fall into the pests category by some people. My point is that you can be an animal lover and still deal with pest control.

As long as animals, be them ants or brown rats, live their life alongside mine, without causing damage to me or my property, I say "live and let live". It is only when termites eat into my furniture, or mice put my family's health at risk that I begin to worry. It's when I act as well.

Pest control doesn't have to be inhumane. Granted, when dealing with insects, people, myself included, are more likely to use more brutal methods. Once we're talking mammals, I would advocate more humane methods, such as capturing them and re-locating them. This would go for snakes and rats even, in my case. This is my opinion though, I will share others people's opinions here as well, bringing it about in articles by other authors. I hope you enjoy this blog, happy surfing!