Pests

Sweatshop labor, rainforest destruction, global warming, displacement of indigenous communities, air and water pollution, eradication of wildlife on farmland as “pests”, the violent overthrow of popularly elected governments to maintain puppet dictators compliant to big business interests, open-pit strip mining, oil drilling in environmentally sensitive areas, union busting, child slavery, and payoffs to repressive regimes are just some of the many impacts of the seemingly innocuous consumer products we consume every day.

Oxpeckers rid giraffes of their pests.

Invasive pests include European rabbits, which infest two-thirds of Australia, feral cats, pigs, foxes and cane toads.

Ziri's ivy isn't carrying any pests.

Humans are the most dangerous pests ever lived on this globe we call Earth.

In the suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa, baboons are considered by many residents to be unwelcome pests.

Iran's agricultural sector has been affected by pests and diseases, leading to crop losses.

The Iranian government has implemented measures to control pests and diseases in agriculture.

Did you find any pests in the apartment?

Cats became a favored household pet over the centuries, in large part due to their natural ability to hunt and eradicate household pests and vermin, such as mice and rats.