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Rats, house mice and cockroaches are all invasive non-native species and can be serious house pests. Other species may be less apparent, such as Giant Hogweed which causes severe burns, or the poisonous Thorn Apple.
[picture: burn caused by Giant Hogweed sap]
Rats, house mice and cockroaches are all invasive non-native species and can be serious house pests. Other species may be less apparent, such as Giant Hogweed which causes severe burns, or the poisonous Thorn Apple.
[picture: burn caused by Giant Hogweed sap]
Among all the potential health risks, vehicle collisions with invasive non-native deer are perhaps the most serious. Almost 30,000 traffic accidents a year are believed to be the result of collisions with invasive non-native deer resulting in a range of human injury, including death.
[picture: example from America of a deer vehicle collision]
[picture: example from America of a deer vehicle collision]
