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Rats spotted in West Haven neighborhood prompts city to turn to blight enforcement issues

Sightings of large rats in West Haven’s West Shore neighborhood have some residents pointing to residential chicken coops as a culprit. Residents in the area of Prospect Beach said they’ve seen large rats scurrying around their homes since last month. A number said on a locally popular Facebook page that they’ve never seen rats at such …

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An Empathetic Approach to Employee Engagement

Compassion, empathy and trust are essential building blocks to fostering an employee engagement experience that will be remembered from the first day on the job to the last. During NPMA’s Academy in Orlando, Fla., last month, several pest management professionals shared why these traits matter. Samantha Forrest, territory manager at Corteva Agriscience, Joleen Matthews, American Pest project management and …

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Puffins on the Saltee Islands are thriving again. There’s now an obvious next step

Each year, adult puffins return to the same below-ground burrow where they previously raised their young. Seven years ago, researchers visited the Great Saltee to see how the puffins were fairing and checked the burrows. They didn’t find one chick. The island population had all but collapsed to just 120 birds, a drop of 90 …

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