Editing Pest control (section)

====Rodent control====
=====Urban rodent control=====
Rodent control is vital in cities.<ref name="Buckle-Smith-2015">{{cite book | last1=Buckle | first1=A. P. | last2=Smith | first2=Robert H. | title=Rodent pests and their control | publication-place=[[Wallingford, Oxfordshire]], UK | date=2015 | isbn=978-1-78064-129-4 | oclc=909425458 | page=x+422}} {{isbn|9781845938178}}.</ref>{{rp|page=133}} [[New York City]] and cities across [[New York (state)|the state]] dramatically reduced their rodent populations in the early 1970s.<ref name="Buckle-Smith-2015" />{{rp|page=133}} [[Rio de Janeiro]] claims a reduction of 80% over only 2 years shortly thereafter.<ref name="Buckle-Smith-2015" />{{rp|page=133}} To better target efforts, [[London]] began scientifically surveying populations in 1972 and this was so useful that all Local Authorities in [[England and Wales]] soon followed.<ref name="Buckle-Smith-2015" />{{rp|page=133}}

=====Natural rodent control=====
[[File:Rat pest control underground.png|thumb|left|[[Brown rat]] infestation]]

Several [[wildlife rehabilitation]] organizations encourage natural form of rodent control through exclusion and predator support and preventing secondary poisoning altogether.<ref>{{cite web |title=Help WildCare Pursue Stricter Rodenticide Controls in California |url=http://www.wildcarebayarea.org/site/PageServer?pagename=TakeAction_Rodenticide |work=wildcarebayarea.org/ |publisher=Wild Care |access-date=28 February 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305130340/http://www.wildcarebayarea.org/site/PageServer?pagename=TakeAction_Rodenticide |archive-date=5 March 2014 }}</ref> The [[United States Environmental Protection Agency]] notes in its Proposed Risk Mitigation Decision for Nine Rodenticides that "without habitat modification to make areas less attractive to commensal rodents, even eradication will not prevent new populations from recolonizing the habitat."<ref>{{cite web|title=Safer Rodenticide Products|url=http://www.epa.gov/opp00001/reregistration/rodenticides/|work=epa.gov|publisher=USA Environment Protection Agency|access-date=23 February 2014|date=March 2013}}</ref> The United States Environmental Protection Agency has  prescribed guidelines for natural rodent control<ref>{{cite web|title=Pest Control and Pesticide Safety for Consumers|url=https://www.epa.gov/safepestcontrol|access-date=23 July 2017|date=2013-02-21}}</ref> and for safe trapping in residential areas with subsequent release to the wild.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Craft|first1=Stephanie|title=5 Reasons Why a DIY Approach to Pest Control Fails|url=https://medium.com/@stephaniecrft/5-reasons-why-a-diy-approach-to-pest-control-fails-c0fdf5228070|access-date=23 July 2017|date=2017-05-10}}</ref> People sometimes attempt to limit rodent damage using repellents. Balsam fir oil from the tree ''[[Abies balsamea]]'' is an EPA approved non-toxic rodent repellent.<ref>[https://www3.epa.gov/pesticides/chem_search/reg_actions/registration/fs_PC-129035_26-Apr-07.pdf Balsam fir oil (129035) Fact Sheet | Pesticides | US EPA]</ref> [[Acacia polyacantha subsp. campylacantha|''Acacia polyacantha'' subsp. ''campylacantha'']] root emits [[chemical compound]]s that repel animals including [[rat]]s.<ref name="plantz">{{Cite web |url=http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantab/acaciapoly.htm |title=PlantZAfrica.com |access-date=17 January 2009 |archive-date=14 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514033609/http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantab/acaciapoly.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="world">[http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/sea/Products/AFDbases/af/asp/SpeciesInfo.asp?SpID=99  World AgroForestry Centre] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928042556/http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/sea/Products/AFDbases/af/asp/SpeciesInfo.asp?SpID=99 |date=28 September 2007 }}</ref>