The return of
the rodent control program started Thursday, March 15, and people with rodent control concerns can call the Erie County Department of Health at 961-6800.
Erie County Legislator Kevin Hardwick announces the county has implemented a plan to reinstate the County's
Rodent Control Program to respond to complaints and public safety concerns of residents.
ERIE COUNTY, NY — Today, Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz announced the reinstatement of Erie County's
Rodent Control Program.
«Reinstating
the Rodent Control Program makes good sense, both from a health perspective and from a savings perspective.
At the suggestion of then - County Executive - elect Poloncarz, the Legislature included $ 369,848 to the 2012 Adopted Budget to restore
the Rodent Control Program — 36 percent of which (approximately $ 133,000) will be reimbursed by New York State.
And as such, he made it a priority to restore funding for what he calls the «People's Mandates,» which include
the rodent control program, parks improvements, road and bridge construction, libraries, summer youth programming and a renewed commitment to arts and cultural organizations.
About a month ago, Erie County Legislature Minority Leader John Mills and I met with County Executive Chris Collins to discuss our concerns regarding cutbacks in the county's
rodent control program.
We expanded mental health services in schools through partnership with Say Yes and others; maintained an active and robust
rodent control program that is having positive results in communities across the county; continued a very popular rabies clinic program that has been attended by thousands of appreciative pets (and owners); and, along with partners, created the innovative Erie County Health Mall to improve local health outcomes.
The Erie County Department of Health operates
a Rodent Control Program for Erie County residents and property owners at 1, 2, 3 and 4 unit properties that are not part of an apartment complex or commercial property.
Not exact matches
«During that time, we've successfully restored funding to our library system and important
programs like Operation Primetime and
rodent control.
Funding for the Vector and Pest
Control Program, which included
rodent baiting and trapping on private property, was eliminated by former - County Executive Chris Collins in the 2011 Budget.
Poloncarz says the proposed tax increase would provide more funding for libraries, culturals and other services, including summer youth
programs and
rodent control.
Silver suggested that Knight apply to Princeton's PhD
program to explore the use of genetic engineering to
control rodent pests.
This is a mutual companionship
program where an individual with a barn or other appropriate shelter can provide a safe home to a cat while receiving the benefit of
rodent control.
There are even
programs in Washington, D.C., and Chicago that allow business owners to adopt and care for these cats, who go to work
controlling rodents when they might once have been brought to the shelter and euthanized.
I truly appreciate this
program, not only for the
rodent control the cats provide, but also because it gives me the joy of having cats in my life again, which has not been possible since my marriage due to my husband's severe pet allergies.
Some feral cats that are sterilized through the TNRM
program are adopted as barn cats, providing a natural means of
controlling rodents.
Emma just turned one year old, and she is part of a great
program that fixes feral cats and then puts them to work in barns as
rodent control.
Instead of incarceration and death, a number of communities have instituted
programs in which the cats are trapped, vaccinated, and sterilized, then released back into the environment where they often aid in
rodent control on farms and urban areas.
The
program takes feral cats that are too wild to adopt out to families» homes and gives them a safe place to live where they can be used as
rodent control — such as a barn, or in this case, a brewery.
We assist local shelters with our Barn Cat
Program, where we save feral and semi-feral cats from euthanasia and place them into barn homes where they can help
control the
rodent population.