TAMPA Forget the never-ending battle against fleas and ticks, Hillsborough County Animal Services is about to launch an attack on another insidious insect: termites.

The offices, shelter and related programs in the complex on Falkenburg Road, which on any given day can house up to 400 strays or unwanted pets, are about to be tented and fumigated. That means all the homeless dogs and cats will be moved to temporary shelters, located on the rear of the property, for about a week early next month, and the shelter will not accept surrendered pets for more than two weeks.

We should be able to make it through without a major impact, said Hillsborough County Animal Services Director Scott Trebatoski. We dont want to put animals at risk during this temporary relocation.

Months ago, during some renovations, workers noticed the termite infestation, said Trebatoski, who was hired nearly a year ago to head the department.

In the past, buildings were treated one at a time, he said. Now, exterminators are suggesting a tenting of the whole facility to guarantee the structural integrity of these buildings.

Trebatoski had time to make detailed evacuation plans.

We looked at the historical data, he said, when is the intake the lowest, when is the shelter population lowest and we determined that the time immediately following Christmas and New Years is one of the lowest impact weeks.

The tenting offers a unique opportunity to hold an animal emergency evacuation drill, he said, to get ready should a hurricane or other disaster strike and animals have to be relocated.

We contacted the University of Florida and some emergency responder people and put together an emergency evacuation plan that is not a whole lot different from if a hurricane hit, except we have all this prep time, he said. We are bringing in nine vehicles used in post-Katrina animal relocations and in some big fires out West, and were setting them up as temporary shelters.

The mobile shelters will be moved in around Christmas and the animals will move into their temporary digs by Jan. 5, when the termite extermination begins.

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A helicopter drops 1080 pellets in the Marlborough Sounds last year.

The Department of Conservation has completed its "Battle for our Birds" pest control at Mt Stanley, in the Marlborough Sounds, and at the Nelson Lakes National Park.

The aerial 1080 pest control carried out around Mt Stanley last month was aimed at protecting vulnerable populations of bush robins, weka, rifleman and giant snails from predator plagues caused by an exceptionally heavy beech mast.

It covered about 4000 hectares in the Tennyson Inlet Scenic Reserve, Nydia Bay Scenic Reserve and Chance, Penguin and Fairy Bay Scenic Reserve.

Monitoring showed rat tracking levels in the area climbed from 4 per cent in February to 36 per cent in May, 61 per cent in August and 94 per cent in November, just before the pest control. Mice were tracking at 82 per cent in the area in November.

In Nelson Lakes rat tracking levels in the park rose from 9 per cent in February to 36 per cent in May and 57 per cent in August.

The success of the 1080 drop is still being assessed.

A DOC spokeswoman said although rat numbers were high, the work was not done earlier because of the availability of helicopters, the need for consents and approvals, and school holidays.

Work around Mt Stanley began on October 10 with an aerial application of non-toxic baits which encouraged rats to eat the cereal baits containing biodegradable 1080 pesticide.

DOC's acting Waitohi/Picton conservation services manager Jo Gould said the work was timed to protect nesting birds so more chicks survived to increase their populations.

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Fox Pest Control technicians will continue to serve Fox's customers, but bills will come from Truly Nolen, the company reported.

Fox and Truly Nolen have teamed up "to provide our customers with the very best pest control services available in the El Paso area," Jace Anderson, who owned Fox, said in a statement.

Truly Nolen is known for its fleet of "mousecars" bright yellow cars containing black ears and tails.

The company, with sales over $100 million, has 80 corporate-owned locations in the Southwest, including El Paso, Utah, and Florida. It also has franchised locations in several states and 58 countries.

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