The Campaign for Responsible

Rodenticide Use Ireland

PRCD Symposium on Biocides

7th December 2017

Dr Mark R Lynch, Chairman, CRRU Ireland

The Irish Situation: Incidents 2007-2015 –

species & rodenticides involved

NPWS Incidents 2007-2015

Buzzard

Red Kite

Barn Owl

Kestrel

Peregrine Falcon

Long-eared Owl

White-tailed Sea

Eagle

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Rodenticides Involved

Brodifacoum

Flocoumafen

Bromadiolone

Difenacoum

These 42 incidents reflect poor rodenticide

practice i.e. failure to abide by Best Practice 2

CRRU Ireland: Formal Structure

CRRU is a legal entity

– Company Limited by Guarantee

CRRU Board

– One CRRU Director from each funding

company, plus Chairman & Vice-Chairman

CRRU Task Force

– CRRU Board, plus stakeholder representatives

to provide guidance on policy and programme

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CRRU Overall Objective

CRRU aims to protect wildlife

while promoting and providing effective

rodent control through the responsible use

of rodenticides

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CRRU Target User Groups

Pest control operators – Professional & Trained

Professional

– Relatively easy to reach via magazines, Trade

Associations and websites

Farmers

– Very numerous, scattered, difficult and

expensive to reach

Game Clubs & Gamekeepers

– Reached though collaboration with NARGC

and CAI

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The CRRU Code

ALWAYS:

– have a planned approach

– record the quantity of bait used and where it is placed

– use enough baiting points

– collect and dispose of rodent bodies

NEVER:

– leave bait exposed to non-target animals and birds

– fail to inspect bait regularly

– leave bait down at the end of the treatment

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CRRU Activities: Supporter Club

CRRU Ireland Supporters’ Club

– For companies and agencies that commit to

abide by the CRRU Code

– Register of Supporters (87) on www.CRRU.ie

– Licensed to use the CRRU “Think Wildlife”

logo

– Electronic newsletter

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CRRU Activities: General leaflets

Provides details of the

CRRU Code

Provided free by

CRRU to any agency

wishing to distribute

Available to download

at www.crru.ie

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CRRU Activities: General leaflets

Aims to raise

awareness of need for

Safe and Effective

Rodenticide Use

Distributed at Shows

and Events

Available to download

at www.crru.ie

Campaign for Responsible

Rodenticide Use Ireland (CRRU Ireland)To protect wildlife while promoting and providing

effective rodent control through the responsible

use of rodenticides.

Buzzard Photo - Brian Carruthers

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CRRU Activities: Flagship Document

Best Practice

Requirements for Rodent

Control and Safe Use of

Rodenticides

Provided free to to all Pest

Control Technicians

New Labels Make

Compliance Compulsory

Available to download at

www.crru.ie

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CRRU Activities: Targeted Booklets

Best Practice on

Farms for control

of rodent pests

Provided free to to all

farm families

Available to download

at www.crru.ie

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CRRU Activities: Targeted Booklets

Best Practice in

Rodent Control in

Rearing and

Managing Game

Birds

Provided free to to

Gun Clubs &

Gamekeepers

Available to download

at www.crru.ie 12

CRRU Activities: Targeted Booklets

CRRU Ireland

Rodent Pest

Management

Records

For use in reviewing

recording systems used

by PMUs, Farmers etc

Available for download

at www.crru.ie

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CRRU Ireland Rodent Pest Management Records Planning and Implementation

Revision 11.1, 23 rd October 2017

Key Reference for Professional Pest Control Technicians: CRRU Ireland Best Practice Requirements for

Rodent Control and Safe Use of Rodenticides - available at http://www.crru.ie

Key Reference for Farmers: CRRU Ireland Effective Control of Rodent Pests on Farms - available at

http://www.crru.ie/downloads/

Key Reference for Gun Clubs and Gamekeepers: CRRU Ireland Rodent Pest Control in Rearing and

Managing Game Birds

The records system set out in this document is for use when reviewing the recording systems currently in use

by PMUs, whether in electronic or hard copy format. It is recommended that recording systems currently in

place be reviewed to ensure that all essential elements required to document compliance with best practice in

rodent pest management are captured. These essential elements can be found in this document.

This records system is also for use when reviewing the recording systems currently in use for farmers and

other professional rodenticide users, whether Bord Bia, IGAS or other recording system.

CRRU Activities: “Wildlife Aware” Training

“Flagship initiative”

450+ professional pest

control technicians trained

PMU Registration

Requirement

CRRU/IASIS “Wildlife

Aware” accreditation

Identified by logo 14

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CRRU Activities: Training – “Wildlife

Aware” for PCOs

Accreditation Signifies

– high level of

understanding of

wildlife impacts and

– how to avoid them

Link from www.CRRU.ie -

To find an IASIS accredited

Wildlife Aware Technician

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Resistance to Anticoagulants

2015-2016 Study

CRRU + DAFM Molecular Virology Laboratory

– Cannon, Ecolab, Emel Consulting, Rentokil

Sampling target - 500 samples of each species /

Leinster

Only 50 Mouse and 65 Rat Samples provided

Mutations associated with resistance found in 14

mouse samples 16

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Always seeking new ways to deliver the

CRRU message

Thank You!

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