Feb 23, 2022
In this week’s episode, Ali and Emma are joined by The Protego Foundation’s Founder and ProtegoCast Season 1 host, Tylor Starr, to discuss forms of “pest” control in the wizarding world and how we can advocate for safer, less harmful ways of deterring and removing animal visitors and little critters from our homes.
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Resources:
Petition: End Glue Trap Sales: https://headlines.peta.org/take-action-lets-end-all-glue-trap-sales/
Non-lethal alternatives: https://www.peta.org/about-peta/faq/what-about-insects-and-other-pests/
Effects of neonicotinoids on bee populations: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/14/uk-charities-condemn-betrayal-of-allowing-bee-killing-pesticide-in-sugar-beet-crops
Effects of pesticides on biodiversity and endangered species: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/07/endangered-species-protection-animals-plants-pesticides-epa-insecticides
Animal testing involved in pesticide toxicity testing:
HavaHart Traps: https://www.havahart.com/store/animal-traps
Critter catchers: https://www.amazon.co.uk/ISOTRONIC-Catchy-Katcha-Catcher-Magnifier/dp/B00VE1VZ3K?th=1
How Pigeons Became Rats: The Cultural-Spatial Logic of Problem Animals: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/sp.2008.55.1.72