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The final month of Minnesota Timberwolves basketball was livelier than ever this season, and not just because they nearly upset the Memphis Grizzlies in their first-round playoff series. During one game in mid-April, a woman glued her hand to the court. A few days later, another woman chained herself to the goal post. The following week, a third woman, dressed as a referee, stormed the court before removing her jacket, exposing a shirt underneath that read "Glen Taylor roasts animals alive." The protests, coordinated by the animal rights group Direct Action Everywhere, were aimed at the Timberwolves' majority owner Glen Taylor. Taylor also owns Rembrandt Enterprises, a large Iowa egg producer that has culled — meaning deliberately killed — 5.3 million of its hens in response to a widespread bird flu outbreak (and then laid off nearly all of its staff). Ali...

A PEST expert has told the horrifying conditions a blind man endured as his home FILLED with bedbugs. Stuart Halliday, 42, owner of Kill and Cure Pest Control, says the situation was the worst he has seen during his 26 years working in the business. Shocking video shows hundreds of bed bugs living in a blind man's bedsheets Credit: killandcurepestcontrol - TikTok Bed bugs are parasitic insects in the genus Cimex and they feed on blood. Credit: killandcurepestcontrol - TikTok A pest expert discovered the infestation in the man's home Credit: killandcurepestcontrol - TikTok Footage shows thousands of the parasitic creatures festering in a mattress cover belonging to the anonymous man in 70s. Stuart told The Sun: "He was homeless and was brought into a warden controlled home. He was technically blind but he could see light and dark. "He had literally nothing when he was moving in and picked up a bedside cabinet off the street and took it home. That was roughl...

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Chemical pesticides are widely available to target pesky weeds which may spring up in your flower beds and on your lawn. However, these types of weed killers are largely advised against by gardening experts due to the risk they pose for soil biodiversity and any other plants you may wish to grow in your green space. Speaking to Express.co.uk, James Shipley, managing director at Hedges Direct said: "As organic gardening and understanding of soil biodiversity and ecology become more widespread, many gardeners are choosing to protect the environment and the creatures in it from harm that can be found in chemicals in some weed-killing products. "The garden eco-system is complex and each creature plays a part so; manual removal of weeds, use of an organic weed killer, or weed suppressant will always help to preserve this balance, which should ultimately benefit your garden and plants. "By not using harsh chemicals, the soil nutrition and structure are improved and bio-diversi...

Weeds can quickly make any garden look overrun and overgrown, with common areas like between paving stones and on pathways often looking untidy. While individually weeding can take a lot of time and effort, you can make your own solution for a fraction of the time. When it comes to weeds between paving stones, often you don't have to worry about damaging surrounding plants or grass. While you can opt for a store-bought weedkiller, these can be full of chemicals and costly. Instead, the answer could lie in your cupboards - in the form of white vinegar and salt. So if you have unsightly weeds in your paving stones, here's how to banish them for good. Read More: When to harvest onions - key time to pick to avoid damage Make sure to avoid any grass or plants you want to keep, as this mixture can damage them. Experts advise spritzing the weeds with the mixture at midday as the sun will help to burn away the weeds. The acetic acid in the vinegar will help to burn the leaves ...

Carpenter ants are one of the most common structure-infesting ants in the United States. Although they infest homes, their foundational parent colonies are normally established outdoors in tree holes, downed trees or limbs and similar situations where there is wood that is very wet. MOVING IN. When they move into a home, carpenter ants may establish secondary nesting sites, also called satellite colonies. They can use dry wood for nesting, but they usually start in wet or partially rotted wood and work from there. They are not likely to establish a parent colony indoors unless there is a constant supply of moisture, such as a plumbing leak. Some species of carpenter ants can cause significant structural damage to the wood in homes when they decide to build their nest in the structure's wood framework, but not all species use the wood in buildings for nesting. Many species are basically nuisance pests that usually nest outdoors and may come indoors incidentally to find and establis...

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CASPER, Wyo. (Wyoming News Now) - With the arrival of summer, and expected warmer temperatures, folks may find more animals roaming around. This can cause some sick or deceased animals ending up in yards or more populated areas and this may lead to some confusion as to what to do with them. Brian Olsen who is the Regional Wildlife Supervisor for the Casper area Game and Fish said, "We work hand in hand not only with Metro, but with the Police Department and the Sheriffs Office on these situations that we have inside city limits and around the city of Casper." The Wyoming Department of Game and Fish can be contacted along with Metro Animal Services or the CPD to help remove carcasses. Game and Fish may also be contacted in order to examine a sick or dying animal to determine whether or not it should be euthanized. They also want to be called in order to better track the spread of some diseases. Mr. Olsen also said, "I think the biggest discretion that we have here are an...

Puyallup, WA – Insight Pest Control Puyallup is a highly sought-after pest treatment company that has proudly served residents and business owners in and around Puyallup, WA, since its foundation in 2013. The company boasts a team of highly-experienced exterminators famous for consistently exceeding their clients' service quality expectations regardless of the scale of pest infestation they are faced with. Theirs is a customer-oriented service aimed at eliminating all pests the first time around and keeping them out for as long as possible. To meet this goal, company experts use tried-and-tested extermination techniques that are highly effective against all pests and yet safe for clients, their children, and pets. "Mike H. did an amazing job at our house today," said one impressed client while describing their experience with a company exterminator. "It was the second treatment of a 4-step plan. Mike was professional and thorough and made me feel that he wanted to...

To provide effective rodent exclusion, professionals must understand mouse and rat behaviors. In a webinar sponsored by Xcluder, Matt Frye and Dave Colbert discussed how the old concept of pest exclusion has created opportunities for professionals to expand their company profile. Pest exclusion is an old concept, but new interest in this approach has created opportunitieas for professionals to expand their company profile. To provide effective rodent exclusion, professionals must understand mouse and rat behaviors. Therefore, in this session we'll explore key aspects of rodent biology and behavior, creating a foundation for understanding where and when to implement exclusion tactics. By considering sites from the perspective of a rat, unconstrained by the boundaries that people use to define our spaces, we can develop better management strategies that include pest exclusion. Adblock test (Why?)

It's nigh on impossible to calculate with accuracy how many ants are on Earth, but estimates put the number at about ten billion billion. And sometimes, it can feel like a good proportion of those ants are marching through our homes. Ants usually come indoors in search of food or nesting habitat. Even small amounts of food, like pet food crumbs, can attract hordes of industrious ants. Ants are one of Earth's most successful animals, and comprise more than 13,000 species. They live almost everywhere except Antarctica, the high Arctic and a small number of islands. Read more: Six amazing facts you need to know about ants Despite ants' ubiquity, people can still be surprised, or even horrified, to see a line of ants crawling along their kitchen bench. So should you get out the insecticide, or learn to live with them? What are ants doing in my house? Ants are part of nature's cleaning crew: they efficiently f...

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