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Just discovered here in Lake Success that a builder who demolished a house and is finishing the one he put up , put rodent killer all over the property. Then it rained, and there were countless dead mice and voles along the curb for blocks. Not only is this dangerous for cats and dogs being walked, but for children who play outside, and probably countless other wildlife. I did some research and found out that these rodents carry diseases which humans can contract just by touching them and not to do so without gloves. Village government has ignored my emails. I also learned that if you live in an incorporated village like this no other government has any control or even input. You are at the mercy of your own village. This should not be allowed. I don't know if other builders are doing the same thing, but this guy has permits for three more houses here in the neighborhood. I am contacting our legislators, the media, wildlife groups, and as many others as I can find. This should not be allowed.
Just discovered here in Lake Success that a builder who demolished a house and is finishing the one he put up , put rodent killer all over the property. Then it rained, and there were countless dead mice and voles along the curb for blocks. Not only is this dangerous for cats and dogs being walked, but for children who play outside, and probably countless other wildlife. I did some research and found out that these rodents carry diseases which humans can contract just by touching them and not to do so without gloves. Village government has ignored my emails. I also learned that if you live in an incorporated village like this no other government has any control or even input. You are at the mercy of your own village. This should not be allowed. I don't know if other builders are doing the same thing, but this guy has permits for three more houses here in the neighborhood. I am contacting our legislators, the media, wildlife groups, and as many others as I can find. This should not be allowed.
Either by code/law or good practice baiting of structures with rodenticide pre-demolition has been in existece for decades.
If local code or law requires developer to pre-bait then you're barking up wrong tree. Long as thing was carried out correctly and legally there's not much you can do otherwise.
You also cannot prove rodenticide caused massive rodent kill just because it rained.
Contrary to popular belief there are no known professional rodenticides that cause rats or mice to seek water.
Heavy rains have been known however to cause mass die offs of mice, rats and other vermin who live underground. This be it in their own burrows (soil) or sewers; either way when water begins to rise vermin who cannot escape (or tread water for long) will drown, same as humans or any other mammal.
Finally what would you have developers do? If commensal rodents are often found in all sorts of human made structures including buildings. If those properties are not pre-baited then when torn down those rats and mice will scatter to adjacent properties and set up housekeeping anew.
Just discovered here in Lake Success that a builder who demolished a house and is finishing the one he put up , put rodent killer all over the property. Then it rained, and there were countless dead mice and voles along the curb for blocks. Not only is this dangerous for cats and dogs being walked, but for children who play outside, and probably countless other wildlife. I did some research and found out that these rodents carry diseases which humans can contract just by touching them and not to do so without gloves. Village government has ignored my emails. I also learned that if you live in an incorporated village like this no other government has any control or even input. You are at the mercy of your own village. This should not be allowed. I don't know if other builders are doing the same thing, but this guy has permits for three more houses here in the neighborhood. I am contacting our legislators, the media, wildlife groups, and as many others as I can find. This should not be allowed.
This is not pre-demolition. The house is already built and they are working on the inside. The mice were not seeking water. They were on the property already dead and were washed into the street by the rain. There don't seem to be any regulations in this village for baiting, not in terms of what can be used or how it can be done. Who knows how many of these mice got off the property onto other people's property before they actually died.
The Senator I spoke to agrees that this is not acceptable and that the poison ( whatever it is they are using) could be harmful and possibly lethal to other animals, as well as dangerous for humans. He and the Assemblyman I contacted will be looking into this and er will see what happens.
There is no code, no regulations on rodents and rodenticides. There are rodents in all neighborhoods and in many houses. That is not the issue. The issue is the poison they are using and how dangerous it is to the area dogs and cats who are prone to pick up rodents on the street to carry in their mouths. It is the poison which is problematic. If people are told to never touch them without gloves you have to know this is a big issue.
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