Pretend Worms For Mole Control

[shropshire mole 190]

Came across these over the weekend, there are certainly some novel ways to catch your mole!!

Think I will stick with good traps

 

http://www.victorpest.com/store/mole-and-gopher-control/s6009

 

 

[Mr Muddy 141]

Best stick to things that are actually legal

[shropshire mole 190]

yes being legal is often the best policy

[mazperks 18]

There are plenty of gimmicks on sale for the unwary public.

O.K poison will do the job, but will a wary mole fall for a plastic worm, however realistic looking. This is one for Steve Albano to comment on, being in your neck of the woods you may have come across them.

[Mr Muddy 141]

Lads, I hate to come across as the boring playing-by-the-rules type, but, in the UK, poisoning moles is blatantly illegal.

Strychnine has been out of use for almost a decade – to my knowledge Bromethalin, the Active Ingredient in these worms has never been approved.

Anyone claiming to be a professional pest controller should really already know that.

 

Let’s just hope some prick doesn’t follow that link and order a load

[perthshire keeper 1,239]

be good for crows too....... but very very illegal do the yanks have the same approval laws as we do? well the "kind" of laws?

[Butler 396]

Just wondering is it illegal to poison a mole if so when was the law passed ? As strychnine was never banned just taken from sale over here.....

[Mr Muddy 141]

As I understand it, and I'm willing to admit I might be wrong, It became illegal to keep strychnine anywhere in the EU from 2006 (so presumably that also means use it). As to the earlier withdrawing from sale; that's before my time i'm afraid - more Matt's department.

 

One thing I do know; I don't want to lose work to people buying 'mole poison' on the internet.

[Mr Wasp 187]

A few years ago, i had a customer who was going to use alph chloralose on his moles. Apparently he got it whilst on holiday in france!

Edited March 2, 2015 by Mr Wasp

[Butler 396]

You won't get an argument from me about poisoning I hate the stuff....... Just I also hate people quoting (facts) about things they really know little about...

[Mr Muddy 141]

Look; It’s illegal to poison an animal using a poison not currently approved for use in poisoning that animal.

 

There are no poisons currently approved for use on moles in the UK - Hate me or not; there’s your fact.

[air gun ant 1,666]

so is it illegal to poison moles? im not a pesty btw lol wouldnt gassing count as poisoning? is gassing still legal?

[Mr Muddy 141]

never really thought about it like that; but yes, I see your point.

 

But you know what I mean: Poison = stuff you eat or drink

[shropshire mole 190]

Sorry guys did not mean to start a war, just showing the weird stuff the Americans can buy :icon_eek:

[Mr Muddy 141]

IMO, good to have it out there.

 

I use ‘mole poison’ as one of the google keywords to bring people to my website; and let me tell you, plenty of people still search for it truly believing they can buy poison for moles – they can’t (or at least they shouldn't be able to).

 

And, just to clarify; I’m not a lawyer, so I’m not 100% on the legal hair-splitting involved in the EU rulings. That’s why I said “I'm willing to admit I might be wrong”. As for using strychnine – you can’t. As for an irrational hatred of people you’ve never met – very much your own problem.