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OR DOC tries 'owl boxes' to rid rodents, avoid poisons
By oregonlive.com- Bryan Denson
Published: 04/15/2014

A Beaverton company recently installed a pair of "owl boxes" on the Oregon Department of Corrections gun range and obstacle course on the edge of Salem to kill rodents before they chew up the training grounds.

Putting owls to work eating rats, mice and voles is a natural alternative to poisons that can harm the environment, according to Eric Ufer, president of Beaverton-based Pest Solutions Inc.

Owls can eat roughly one-third of their body weight a night.

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