Sentences with phrase «of vermin control»

The team is evaluating gene drives to spread infertility genes through rodent populations, as a potentially more humane method of vermin control.

People probably kept cats around as a means of vermin control.

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These hunting dogs were bred by the indigenous people of Malaysia as a means of controlling vermin like rats and snakes.

Overall, this breed has had a humble past, being extensively used in textile mills, factories and coal mines for the purpose of keeping the vermin population under control.

A mutually beneficial relationship developed where people tolerated the presence of these primal cats for vermin control, and cats thrived on the readily available food source.

The origins of both go back to 17th century Britain, where they were used by farmers to help control vermin and roust small game animals, including foxes, from their dens.

Bred to control vermin, Irish Terriers were watchful guardians of farm and family and also served as hunting companions, capable on land and water.

Podengos traveled from Asia Minor to the Iberian Peninsula with Russians and Phoenicians thousands of years ago and became established in Portugal where they were included on ocean expeditions to keep shipboard vermin populations under control.

It was here, 12,000 years - ago, that people began to recognize the usefulness of the feline to keep vermin under control and also the loving qualities it brings as a domesticated pet.

She fought many battles with local authorities, hospitals, environmental health departments and succeeded over several years in elevating the status of feral cats from near vermin to animals worthy of humane treatment and showing that control could be achieved by neutering and not killing.

The majority of the Terrier breeds were developed in Britain and were bred to assist in controlling vermin.

The upscale resort has its own pest control for vermin, of course, but now and again a cat may help out on a voluntary basis.

There are lots of points to consider when letting sporting rights: what game is to be pursued; are there any buildings; is rent to be paid; if there is to be a break clause; who is to control vermin; where will vehicles park so as not to cause problem; how many guns can use the sporting rights; where can guns stand (not in the kitchen garden!)