Owls Replace Pesticides

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Owls and kestrels are being employed as agricultural pest controllers in the Middle East. Many farmers are installing nest boxes to encourage the birds, which hunt the crop-damaging rodents.

In Israel, where there is a drive to reduce the use of toxic chemical pesticides, this has been turned into a government-funded national program. Scientists and conservation charities from Jordan and Palestine have joined the scheme.

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