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Title

VERTEBRATE PEST CONTROL IN URBAN/SUBURBAN AREAS

Authors

Ronald M. Gilman, Assistant Agricultural Commissioner, Santa Barbara County, Santa Barbara, California

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

March 1978

Urban/suburban vertebrate pest control problems present unique challenges because of the people-afflicted environment in which they occur. People are a major consideration in effective urban/ suburban vertebrate pest control because of their emotions and changing values. Those responsible for today's vertebrate pest control must anticipate and consider this element of increasing importance and use it to their advantage rather than let it become a liability.