{"id":125199,"date":"2010-06-21T22:47:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-22T02:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peta.org\/issues\/dealing-household-guests\/"},"modified":"2024-04-02T02:25:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T09:25:09","slug":"dealing-household-guests","status":"publish","type":"issue","link":"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/issues\/wildlife\/dealing-household-guests\/","title":{"rendered":"Humane, Natural, and Organic Animal and Insect Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/issues\/wildlife\/ants\/\">Ants<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/issues\/wildlife\/cockroaches\/\">cockroaches<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/issues\/wildlife\/wasps-bees\/\">wasps<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/issues\/wildlife\/wasps-bees\/\">bees<\/a> are fascinating animals who play a vital role in the ecosystem and provide many beneficial &#8220;services,&#8221; including pollinating fruits and vegetables and defending trees against harmful insects. Ants, wasps, and bees cooperate with their colonies and hivemates to find food and defend their homes against predators. Cockroaches are extremely adaptive and have been on Earth for approximately 400 million years.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/IssuesWildlifeDealing-549x320.jpg\" alt=\"IssuesWildlifeDealing.jpg\"\/>\n<\/figure>\n<p>If <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/issues\/wildlife\/ants\/\">ants<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/issues\/wildlife\/cockroaches\/\">cockroaches<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/issues\/wildlife\/wasps-bees\/\">wasps<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peta.org\/issues\/wildlife\/wasps-bees\/\">bees<\/a> are calling your house &#8220;home,&#8221; there&#8217;s no need to resort to cruel and toxic pesticides or traps. Like all animals, these tiny beings suffer when they are poisoned, trapped, or otherwise killed. 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