The Position of the SPCA
The SPCA is opposed to the manufacture, sale and use of all snares and any trap or trapping device or substance or form of animal control which causes or may cause suffering.
The SPCA is opposed to the use of poisons and has specific concerns about the widespread agricultural and commercial use of chemical substances which are potentially harmful to animals.
The best and most permanent solution is exclusion.
This means closing off all possible entry points that could be used.
For rodents, this can be undertaken by using materials such as steel mesh, steel wool, expanding foam, wire mesh, chalk, concrete and cement.
If there is no access to food, water, shelter or nesting sites, rodents will go elsewhere and will not be able to reproduce or maintain significant populations;
· Non-lethal;
· Non-toxic;
· No danger to secondary animals.
None. However this requires much effort by humans but is worth it in the long run. The method only works well in areas that can be sealed/blocked off or kept closed. It will not work in big open factories where it is not possible to close every hole.
This method is recommended.
Good hygiene is very important for controlling rodent populations but hygiene measures may not prevent infestations where exclusion methods are not adequately in place and maintained.
This method is recommended.
This method is recommended provided it is undertaken humanely and no animal is left to suffer.
This method is used to prevent rodents from living under cement floors. The rodents must be vacated prior to this method being used by means of digging the area open, pet presence and/or smells/scent methods being used.
Once the rodents have been vacated then the “cement curtain” can be created which will exclude them from gaining access again through the floor.
This is a wall of cement going from the edge of the existing floor a minimum of two feet underground. A buried, horizontal portion of curtain-wire barrier extending out away from the wall will ensure that rodents cannot dig downward.
This method is recommended.
This method is recommended.
This method is recommended if undertaken correctly and without harming the animals but only subject to humane euthanasia by a professional/authorised person or relocation to an appropriate location.
Inhumane and unacceptable traps that should not be used under any circumstances:
This method is acceptable if undertaken correctly.
This method is recommended.
This method is recommended, but only if no other animals are affected.
This method is recommended, but only if no other animals are affected by the sounds.
This method is recommended.
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