Sentences with phrase «rodent populations by»

While Mayor Bill de Blasio feebly tries to fight New York's booming rodent population by warning parkgoers not to feed the vermin, residents need no reminder at three apartment buildings...

Not exact matches

The agouti, a cat - size rodent, may be sustaining populations of tropical palms, a role formerly occupied by megafauna

Lead author Dr Aaron Greenville said their model suggested that if removing introduced cats and foxes, the rodent population would increase by almost one in 10.

Trinkaus gained the clues to the Levantines» lifestyle from an unlikely combination of fossil evidence recovered by Israeli archaeologists; first, remains of the thigh bone (femur) and, secondly, remains of rodents that shared the caves with the two human populations, presumably nibbling their refuse.

Inspired by natural gene drives, researchers have spent decades trying to perfect a system that might endow a population of mosquitoes with a malaria resistance gene, for example, or spread a lethal gene that cuts down a local population of invasive insects or rodents.

What if the rodent population could be used against itself, by genomic means?

Buoyed by imaginative gadgets and disguises, and accompanied by his assistant and confidante, Dr. David Q. Dawson, Basil uncovers a villainous plot spearheaded by a slimy, contemptible sewer rat, Dr. Ratigan, to replace Moustoria, Queen of the Mice, with a look - alike robot that will leave him free to take control of the entire rodent population of London.

By controlling rodent populations, coyotes protect crops and agriculture in Massachusetts.

Within the feline population, this would be limited to outdoor cats who hunt and eat rodents, as well as cats who are fed raw meat by their owners.»

The Ancient Egyptians first interacted with cats by welcoming them into the villages and caves and enlisting them as vermin hunters to control the rodent population and protect their grain supply.

Feral cats also bring pests like fleas and ticks, and they can start to affect the environment by preying on natural bird and rodent populations.

Slowly but surely, however, there is a movement towards not only accepting the feral cat colonies that call our neighborhoods home, but towards caring for these outdoor cats, cats who provide a service by driving down the rodent population for the homes and businesses in communities all across the country.

Except in 1911, the Animal Rescue League and ASPCA numbers presented by Forbush in a table appeared to reflect relatively stable cat populations, which might even have been in decline as the advent of the automobile reduced the numbers of stables ---- and rodent and cat habitat ---- in their respective cities.

By «regulating» smaller predators like foxes, raccoons, skunks, badgers, and opossums through competition and direct killing, they have a significant positive impact on rodent control and water fowl / songbird populations.

Anyone who takes the time to properly research the origins of the «population control» movement will come to understand that the Rockefeller - Turner-Gates agenda for drastic population reduction, which is now clearly manifesting itself through real environmental crises like chemtrails, genetically modified food, tainted vaccines and other skyrocketing diseases such as cancer, has its origins in the age - old malevolent elitist agenda to cull the human «chattel» as one would do to rodents or any other species deemed a nuisance by the central planning authorities.