California Apartment Complex Ends Avitrol Use

March 2014

After a compassionate resident contacted us about her apartment complex’s use of Avitrol as a pigeon-control method, we immediately contacted the corporate office. Four dead pigeons were found on the property. The apartment complex’s owners pulled the Avitrol and agreed not to use any poisons in the future, and they’re exploring the other suggestions that we gave them.

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 Ingrid E. Newkirk

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