Two stray dogs stand in front of the Main Media Center for the Sochi Winter Olympics, Jan. 8, 2014. Getty

SOCHI, Russia -- A pest control company which has been killing stray dogs in Sochi for years says it has a contract to exterminate more of the animals throughout the Olympics.

Alexei Sorokin, director general of pest control firm Basya Services, says his company is involved in what he described as "catching and disposing" of dogs. Sorokin refused to specify whether they shoot or poison dogs or say where they take their corpses.

Sorokin says his company is doing an important job because thousands of stray dogs are roaming the streets of Sochi, some of them "biting children."

Sochi city hall pledged last year to build shelters for stray dogs.

Authorities across Russia have been rejecting calls to sterilize dogs instead of killing them as a humane way of dealing with the issue.

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Newswise KNOXVILLEServices provided by Mother Nature, such as pest control from insect-eating bats, are affected by market forces like most anything else in the economy, a University of Tennessee, Knoxville, study finds.

The study's results have implications for biodiversity conservation efforts.

Researchers from UT and the University of Arizona, Tucson, studied how forces such as volatile market conditions and technological substitutes affect the value of pest control services provided by Mexican free-tailed bats on cotton production in the U.S. They found the services are impacted by the forces to the tune of millions of dollars.

The study, conducted by Gary McCracken, professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and led by UA's Laura Lpez-Hoffman, is the first to examine how bat ecosystem services change over time. It is published in this week's edition of the journal PLOS ONE. To view the article, visit http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0087912.

There are more than 1,200 bat species and two-thirds of them are insectivorous, which means they help farmers by preying on pests and reducing the need for insecticides. The researchers calculated the value of the bat pest control service each year from 1990 through 2008 by estimating the value of avoided crop damage and the reduced social and private costs of insecticide use in the presence of bats.

Taking into account a drop in cotton commodity price, the resulting decrease in cotton production and the adoption of transgenic Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) cotton, which is modified to express its own pesticide, the researchers found that the value of the pest control services dropped 79 percent, from a high of $23.96 million in 1990 to a low of $4.88 million in 2008.

"The results of this study document that volatile market conditions and technological substitutes such as Bt cotton can affect the value of an ecosystem service even when ecosystem function, in this case bat population numbers, may remain constant," said McCracken.

The findings fuel a discussion as to whether or not it is economically worthwhile to conserve biodiversity.

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Meet Layla Bennett and her ten-year-old Harris Hawk, Hope.

Hope is likely to become a familiar sight in the skies above the Port of Southampton after port owner and operator ABP decided to take a natural approach to pest control.

Experienced hawk handler Layla is part of the expert team from Rentokil Pest Control which has been tasked with keeping the port pest-free for the next two years. She will be flying Hope to scare off nuisance birds from the port estate without causing them any harm.

Southampton is the UKs number one vehicle handling port, with around 750,000 vehicles passing over the quayside during 2013, and gulls feeding habits of dropping seashells from height pose a risk of damaging the ranks of new cars awaiting import or export on the port estate. Hopes frequent patrols of the sky will deter the gulls from nesting around the port and put an end to the problem.

The bird flying work is just one element of the contract between ABP and Rentokil Pest Control, which will tackle all manner of unwanted visitors to the port and covers all pest species.

The arrangement will also see Rentokil tackle feral pigeons at ABPs Town Quay and rodents on the port estate as well as monitoring and controlling insects on site.

The contract was awarded after a competitive tender involving four pest control companies. Southampton Port director Nick Ridehalgh said: The gulls are a genuine problem for our vehicle handling business but we were keen to take an environmentally sound and humane approach to the issue.

Hawking represents a natural way to drive the birds elsewhere without causing any harm and protect our growing business.

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A pest control company which has been killing stray dogs in Sochi for years said on Monday that it has a contract to exterminate more of the animals throughout the Winter Olympics.

Alexei Sorokin, director general of pest control firm Basya Services, said his company is involved in what he described as the "catching and disposing" of dogs. Sorokin refused to specify whether they shoot or poison dogs or reveal where they take the carcasses.

Thousands of stray dogs are roaming the streets of Sochi, Sorokin said, and some of them are "biting children."

Sorokin said he attended a rehearsal of the Olympic opening ceremony last week and saw a stray dog walking in on the performers.

"A dog ran into the Fisht Stadium, we took it away," he told the AP.

"God forbid something like this happens at the actual opening ceremony. This will be a disgrace for the whole country."

Stray dogs are not uncommon in Sochi and the surrounding area, and many tend to gather near construction sites where they are likely to get food and shelter from workers.

Sorokin's company operates in the Krasnodar region, which encompasses Sochi and the neighbouring area.

Sorokin refused to say how many dogs they kill a year, calling it "a commercial secret."

Sergei Krivonosov, a lawmaker from the Krasnodar region, last year supported the dog culling.

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Inspecting harvest grain samples being prepared for storage at Northam.

Growers with stored grain are reminded to undertake regular pest monitoring during summer and autumn.

Department of Agriculture and Food grains biosecurity officer Jeff Russell said the saleability of grain or viable use at seeding could be quickly compromised if it became infested with insects.

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"Not only can insect infestations cause damage to grain and loss of quality, but if not properly controlled they can also significantly damage our State's grain market access," Mr Russell said.

"Common stored grain pests can include saw-toothed grain beetle, lesser grain borer, flat grain beetle and the rust-red flour beetle.

"With harvest wrapped up, some growers may have already sold grain and are storing it on-farm until the delivery date. It is important to have a pest monitoring program and treatment plan in place to ensure the grain remains suitable for sale."

Mr Russell said a monitoring program should be in place as soon as the grain is stored in a silo.

"It is important when monitoring to use a sieve," he said. "While some pests are easily visible and climb right out of the grain, some will hide making them difficult to detect."

It is important to monitor stored grain regularly, at least once a month, and take samples from the top and bottom of the silo using a sieve with 2mm mesh and white tray. If the grain temperature is cool, the insects will be slow, shy and sluggish, so place the tray into sunlight for 10 to 20 seconds to warm up the insects and encourage movement.

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