Trapping is an effective way to control rodents. Trapping has several advantages: it does not rely on potentially hazardous rodenticides; success is easily visible; and it allows for disposal of the rodent carcasses, thereby eliminating dead animal odors which may occur when rodenticide poisoning kills rodents in buildings.
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