PPC123 | PESTS IN THE PRESS
BPCA’s regular media roundup highlights national press coverage, expert commentary, and public affairs activity raising awareness of pest management issues.
Rats and birds have been at the top of the pest news agenda in early spring, with a mix of press releases issued by BPCA garnering coverage and requests for a ‘voice of authority’ across the media spectrum, from BBC Radio Solent to the Daily Telegraph.
BPCA press releases on rats in winter, gulls in breeding season, and identifying early season bumblebees were featured across regional and national press, while BPCA’s calls to the Welsh and Scottish governments ahead of elections in May also attracted plenty of interest.
Responses to breaking news have been a major feature of the last few months, with BPCA approached to comment on news stories including cockroach infestations in student accommodation in Wales, a rodent infestation in a Portsmouth cinema, spider bites, glis glis, flea treatments and pigeons.
Issues around bird netting, particularly in public spaces such as train stations, have been high on the news agenda recently, with BPCA reiterating the message that bird proofing that is installed by trained professionals is a long-term solution that does not pose a risk to pigeons, gulls or other birds when well-maintained.
Trade press releases for allied sectors continue to be a regular feature, with an article on fly control issued to food manufacturing and hospitality titles, press releases around PestEx highlighting the event to key sectors and earlier work highlighting the damage rodents can cause to tractors and machinery and raising awareness around pest problems in self-storage units resulting in coverage in farming and storage titles.
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Top 3 headlines
The plague of rodents terrorising the Chilterns - The Daily Telegraph
Psycho gulls are peckish - Daily Star
Owners rat-tled by rodent damage - Classic Car Weekly
Total articles: 426
Total circulation: 222,948,307