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PEST CONTROL

Discover the best in rodent control – adopting a feral from Cats Protection !

YORKSHIRE residents are being given the chance to find out more about the ultimate in rodent control – adopting a feral cat from Cats Protection .

The UK ’ s largest cat charity will be attending the Great Yorkshire Show from July 10-12 to help visitors find out more about the environmentally-friendly pest control service offered by feral cats .

Cats Protection ’ s Events Manager Emma Osborne said the charity had feral cats in its care across Yorkshire in need of outdoor homes such as farms , smallholdings or stables .

Because they have never been domesticated , adult feral cats do not crave or need human affection but do require a safe , warm and dry home in an outdoor setting .

Cats Protection is the UK ’ s leading feline welfare charity , helping around 200,000 cats a year through a national network of

over 250 volunteer-run branches and 34 adoption centres .

The charity ’ s stand at the Great Yorkshire Show will be a hive of activity for cat-lovers , with a range of merchandise available to browse , free cat care guides and touchscreen facilities to view cats available for rehoming in the local area .

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EU ’ s PEST committee must separate fact from fiction

THE European Parliament ’ s temporary committee on pesticides must take a common-sense approach to regulation if it is to make a useful contribution , a leading member said .

Anthea McIntyre MEP , UK Conservative spokesman on Agriculture , told a Brussels debate on pesticides regulation to bear in mind that the so-called PEST committee was a political initiative by certain political groups with an eye to next year ’ s European elections . It had a temporary lifespan and a short timeline .

Miss McIntyre , Conservative MEP for the West Midlands , was a panelist in the debate “ How should we regulate pesticides ?”, organised by the publisher Euractiv .

She said : “ The whole process is relatively short , it will only produce an opinion , not legislation . I nevertheless would welcome the opportunity for MEPs to ask questions to

experts in a format that allows a ‘ ping-pong ’ of questions and answers back and forth .”

Miss McIntyre said that the argument for some people was not about whether glyphosate was safe or not . It was about whether we should authorise any chemicals for use in food and agricultural production .

She said : “ In my opinion , we should authorise them because we need them if we are to maintain food security . We must have a common-sense approach to this issue .”

Miss McIntyre rejected an assertion by an agricultural trade union that farmers generally used pesticides inappropriately .

She said chemicals were expensive , so farmers would use the smallest amount possible . Precision farming and integrated pest-management methods were making sure pesticides were applied in an ever more efficient and environmentally-friendly way .

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