WESTON, Fla. – The owner of a South Florida pest control company is discuss an incident that noticed a number of birds poisoned in Weston ultimate month.
Bill Robles owns AAA Pest Control, a company with over 30 years of enjoy.
He stated the employee that used to be cited in the incident is one in every of this very best.
“This was purely unintentional,” Robles stated.
Last month Local 10 News reported on birds that had seemed to be poisoned at Weston Town Center.
Shoppers shooting the traumatic scene of Grackles, many in misery, flailing round.
Argentinian eating place Graziano’s showed they employed an unnamed pest company to care for what they deemed to be nuisance birds round their out of doors eating space.
After swift backlash, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission introduced an investigation.
They later cited 52-year-old Thomas Nickerson with violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
Robles defended his employee.
“It was not done intentionally,” Robles stated. “He has been with us for over 25 years. He knows what he’s doing. He’s a professional and he’s also a family man. Hopefully these reports are not going to ruin a family man for our company. We have 22 employees here. It’s an unfortunate situation. We’re in the business of controlling pests.”
Robles showed his company has used Avitrol and defined what the product does.
“As far as I know, the product was used to its label, I wasn’t on the job site,” he stated. “The way the product works, some birds will get sick and basically scare the other birds away. From what I understand, the birds that were affected were affected temporarily and came back to life. One bird was hit by a car is what I’m told. As far as the birds that were affected, they were stunned.”
FWC additionally alleged Nickerson didn’t correctly practice the product label for Avitrol.
“I don’t know what they found. I don’t know what their investigation will show,” Robles stated. “I don’t see how they could determine it was not used correctly. The product is made with corn, impregnated with the dosage. You mix it with regular corn so that only some of the birds are affected to basically scare the other birds away. That’s how it’s used. I don’t know what they found in their investigation.”
Robles went on to mention they have got by no means confronted a subject like this ahead of.
Nickerson stays hired via AAA Pest Control.
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