pest eradication
Killing unwanted creatures
Pest eradication is the complete elimination of an unwanted species from a defined area—a farm, an island, an entire country.
Unlike pest control, which manages populations, eradication aims to reduce numbers to zero: The island's rat eradication took three years.
The term applies to insects, rodents, invasive plants, or any organism deemed harmful to agriculture, ecosystems, or human health.
- fumigationDisinfection via airborne chemicals
- cockroachesHardy household insect pests
- roach motelAdhesive insect snare
- trapDevice for catching animals
- ant trapsDevices for eliminating colony pests
insecticides · bug spray · biological control · mosquitoes · bait · fly paper · ecosystem balance · invasive species · poison · rat poison · termites · biodiversity · habitat modification · rats · spray · locusts · sustainable agriculture · fumes
pest eradicationnon-intervention
Policy of staying uninvolved
rewilding · species reintroduction · letting nature take its course · natural regeneration · wildlife conservation