Dear Editor:
Re: Raccoons feast on her grubby lawn, Burnaby NOW, Oct. 8.
While reading your article on the raccoons that are destroying local lawns, I couldn't help but be confused by the focus on the raccoons. They aren't the real problem - the problem is the larvae.
Birds, raccoons and other animals are digging up lawns because the grass is infested with grubs - grubs that aren't being controlled or killed because of misguided pesticide bans by city and regional governments.
It is not a secret that local pesticide bans have made this problem considerably worse by forcing residents to use ineffective biological agents and expensive microorganisms to kill the larvae.
As usual, government doesn't consider the implications of their actions but instead strives to make itself look good and feel important by passing regulations that only serve to make the lives of citizens more inconvenient and burdensome.
James Potter, by email
