PETA Applauds Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit

PETA was all ears when we learned that in the stop-animation flick Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Wallace, a quirky inventor and owner of the humane wildlife control outfit AntiPesto, and his trusty pooch Gromit, prove that problems with unwelcome, carrot-craving wildlife are best solved humanely.

When the town ’s Giant Vegetable Competition is threatened by a ravenous were-rabbit who plows through its pristine vegetable patches, trigger-happy villain Victor Quartermaine jumps at the chance to hunt the hungry hare. But tenderhearted Lady Tottington—protector of “all things fluffy”—entrusts Wallace & Gromit to save the competition and the townspeople's prized produce from “vege-mania.”

A Were-Rabbit in Your Garden?

PETA hopes that moviegoers will take the film's message to heart—that solving conflicts with wildlife by killing is cruel and ineffective. If an unwelcome animal is seeking food or shelter in your home or garden, please call a humane nuisance control company like AntiPesto—one that will serve you and the animals without harming them.

AAA Wildlife Control, based in Canada, is one such company. Founded by Brad Gates more than 20 years ago, AAA now includes four franchises that service more than 12,000 homes each year by practicing what has been called “the future of urban wildlife control.”

AAA excludes wildlife from people’s homes without harming or relocating them. Relocating wildlife may seem harmless, but more often than not, it results in animals’ death and orphaned offspring and does nothing to stop other wildlife from quickly taking their place.

AAA Wildlife Control offers training programs to nuisance wildlife control operators interested in learning how to run a humane, successful business. To learn more about the programs, contact Brad Gates at 905-831-0880 or bradgates1@rogers.com.

Curse of ‘Nuisance’ Wildlife Control Operators

Every year, PETA's Wildlife Division receives dozens of reports about “nuisance” wildlife control operators using methods to kill animals that cause immeasurable suffering. Body-gripping traps, steel-jaw traps, snares, glue traps, and poisons are intrinsically cruel, but nuisance wildlife control operators are also known to kill animals by injecting acetone (nail polish remover) into their lungs, gassing them with car exhaust, or drowning them. Indiscriminant traps and poisons can also be extremely dangerous in populated areas, posing a hazard to domestic dogs and cats as well as to humans, especially children.

Help Wildlife—Contact Your Legislators

Few states regulate nuisance wildlife control operators, which may be the main reason why PETA and other organizations continue to field complaints. Please contact your state legislators and ask them to introduce legislation requiring that nuisance wildlife control operators be licensed and regulated by the state. The Humane Society of the United States has prepared model guidelines for agencies that can be downloaded and sent to your state representatives.

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