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  • Case Study - Windy Hill Sanctuary
    October 21, 2024 Phoebe Johnson

    Case Study - Windy Hill Sanctuary

    Windy Hill Sanctuary is a egological restoration project spanning 800 hectares on Aotea Great Barrier Island.

    Their overall objective is to sustain and enhance the biodiversity of the area by removing invasive plants and animals creating a Sanctuary within which native species can flourish, threatened species can be protected, and species that have been lost to the Island reintroduced.

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  • Lasers used as bird deterrent at Central Otago vineyard
    March 1, 2021 Maintrac Group

    Lasers used as bird deterrent at Central Otago vineyard

    Article first published in the Otago Daily TimesViticulturist Barry Hunt with "Birdzout" auto bird scare laser to be used at Ewing Stevens' Anthony James Vineyard near Alexandra.  Using lasers to control birds might sound like science fiction but Ewing Stevens...

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  • Lasers target pesky birds
    February 25, 2021 Maintrac Group

    Lasers target pesky birds

    Article first published in the Farmers Weekly Using lasers to deter birds draws on images of deadly ray guns shooting the flying targets down in a smoking pile of feathers. The reality is somewhat less spectacular, but proving equally effective...

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  • PlaceMakers Roof Oamaru
    July 22, 2019 Maintrac Group

    Birdzout Auto Laser deters seagulls from large roof

    Struck with a major seagull problem on the roof of their new building, PlaceMakers Oamaru were needing a quick solution.As the roof area was large and relatively flat with the birds able to perch over the entire area, physical bird...

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  • High success rates with live traps
    May 2, 2019 Maintrac Group

    High success rates with live traps

    Customers are reporting high success rates with live capture traps, with some reporting capture rates at least 10 times greater than kill traps and other trapping methods. Grant Ryan, from The Cacophony Project, conducted a trial over a 4 week...

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  • Case Study - Northland Regional Council
    October 30, 2018 Phoebe Johnson

    Case Study - Northland Regional Council

    Through word of mouth, we heard of these traps, and contacted Pestgard, who supplied a sample of the trap.

    “We have, since October 2012, now purchased over 750 of these traps, and have found the trap to be of high quality and easy to use”

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