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Discover the best in rodent control – adopting a feral from Cats Protection!

YORKSHIRE residents are being given the chance to find out more about the ultimate in rodent control – adopting a feral cat from Cats Protection.

The UK’ s largest cat charity will be attending the Great Yorkshire Show from July 10-12 to help visitors find out more about the environmentally-friendly pest control service offered by feral cats.

Cats Protection’ s Events Manager Emma Osborne said the charity had feral cats in its care across Yorkshire in need of outdoor homes such as farms, smallholdings or stables.

Because they have never been domesticated, adult feral cats do not crave or need human affection but do require a safe, warm and dry home in an outdoor setting.

Cats Protection is the UK’ s leading feline welfare charity, helping around 200,000 cats a year through a national network of

over 250 volunteer-run branches and 34 adoption centres.

The charity’ s stand at the Great Yorkshire Show will be a hive of activity for cat-lovers, with a range of merchandise available to browse, free cat care guides and touchscreen facilities to view cats available for rehoming in the local area.

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EU’ s PEST committee must separate fact from fiction

THE European Parliament’ s temporary committee on pesticides must take a common-sense approach to regulation if it is to make a useful contribution, a leading member said.

Anthea McIntyre MEP, UK Conservative spokesman on Agriculture, told a Brussels debate on pesticides regulation to bear in mind that the so-called PEST committee was a political initiative by certain political groups with an eye to next year’ s European elections. It had a temporary lifespan and a short timeline.

Miss McIntyre, Conservative MEP for the West Midlands, was a panelist in the debate“ How should we regulate pesticides?”, organised by the publisher Euractiv.

She said:“ The whole process is relatively short, it will only produce an opinion, not legislation. I nevertheless would welcome the opportunity for MEPs to ask questions to

experts in a format that allows a‘ ping-pong’ of questions and answers back and forth.”

Miss McIntyre said that the argument for some people was not about whether glyphosate was safe or not. It was about whether we should authorise any chemicals for use in food and agricultural production.

She said:“ In my opinion, we should authorise them because we need them if we are to maintain food security. We must have a common-sense approach to this issue.”

Miss McIntyre rejected an assertion by an agricultural trade union that farmers generally used pesticides inappropriately.

She said chemicals were expensive, so farmers would use the smallest amount possible. Precision farming and integrated pest-management methods were making sure pesticides were applied in an ever more efficient and environmentally-friendly way.

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