A New Breed of Guard Dog Attacks Bedbugs
By Penelope Green
Published: March 10, 2010
Source: New York Times
CRUISER made four house calls on a recent rain-soaked Tuesday. There were two happy endings and two unhappy ones, a fairly typical outcome for a typical day in the life of a bedbug-sniffing puggle... Full Article >>
Bedbugs Assault the City
By Feiye Wang
Published: April 29, 2010
Source: NYUNews.com
It might be good that you're spending your last few nights of the semester with a pile of books in Bobst. You could be spending them with bedbugs instead. New York City has experienced an almost 800 percent increase of bedbug cases since 2008, according to the New York Department of Housing and Historic Preservation. This year, the city has received 13,152 violations...Full Article >>
Bed Bug Beagles
MyFoxNY Staff Report
Published: August 19, 2010
Source: MyFoxNY
Meet the first line of defense in the fight against bed bugs. It is a beagle named Freedom. He goes into homes and businesses and uses his nose to find bed bugs. Freedom alerts his handler by scratching when he finds something.... Full Article >>
Bed Bug Sniffing Dogs Get Their Close-up
By Jeremy Hubbard and Karson Yiu
Published: April 29, 2010
Source: ABC News / Nightline
Smaller than an apple seed, resilient as a cockroach, bloodthirsty as a vampire. Bed bugs: the cringe-inducing skin-drillers are back, nationwide, with a vengeance... Full Article >>
A Bedbug Epidemic Bites New York
By Tim Teeman
Published: May 31, 2010
Source: Times Online
An epidemic of bedbugs in the Big Apple has brought panic, revulsion and a nasty little rash to rich and poor alike. Can the city cope?... Full Article >>
Dogs That Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite
By Stephanie Feldstein
Published: March 22, 2010
Source: Change.org
Here's some news to help you sleep tight: specially trained dogs are sniffing out bedbugs, and they're doing it with 96 percent accuracy... Full Article >>
Canine Bed Bug Inspectors
By Joshua
Published: March 12, 2010
Source: To Lazy to do it
A company based out of New York City is offering a unique new service to their customers: bedbug detection carried out not by humans, but by dogs. The company (called “The Bedbug Inspectors“) was founded by Jeremy Ecker six months ago. Ecker and one other man, Oscar Rincon (both highly experienced with animals and certified by the NESDCA – National Entomology Scent Detection Canine Association), work together with their dog, Cruiser, in order to ameliorate the city’s growing bedbug infestation. Full Article >>
Bedbugs Take a Bite Out of the Big Apple
Published: July 31, 2010
Source: Associated Press
The city that never sleeps? Tell that to New York's bedbugs. The tiny blood suckers specialize in feeding off sleeping bodies and this summer in the Big Apple they're enjoying the pickings of their lives, specialists say. After infesting unprecedented numbers of apartments and offices, the pests have branched out, raiding clothing stores and, most notoriously, a Victoria's Secret lingerie outlet on Manhattan's posh Upper East Side. Full Article >>
NYC Looks to Stop Spreading Bedbug Infestations
Published: July 28, 2010
Source: Associated Press
One of every 15 New Yorkers battled bedbugs last year, officials said Wednesday as they announced a plan to fight the spreading infestation, including a public-awareness campaign and a top entomologist to head the effort. Full Article >>
Bedbugs: The Bright Side
By Ms. Kadet
Published: August 7, 2010
Source: Wall Street Journal Online
Jeremy Ecker quit his uncle's pest-control business last summer and bought Cruiser, a pug/beagle that's a certified bedbug-detection dog. Bedbug dogs cost $10,000, but Mr. Ecker's company, The Bed Bug Inspectors, does a fast business inspecting apartments for $350 a pop. He's already bought a third dog, and envisions a beautiful, bug-ridden future for himself and his competitors. Thanks to the lack of effective pesticides, he says, the bugs are probably here to stay. Full Article >>
Stop Bed Bug Infestation from
Spiraling Out of Control
Published: August 2010
Source: Commercial Property Managment Insider
Bed bug infestations, a significant public health problem in the United States, have been considered a mostly residential health hazard—until recently. Increasing reports of bed bug infestations in commercial properties have been getting national media attention since the fastgrowing urban pests were found at investment bank Goldman Sachs’ Jersey City, N.J., office tower—where exterminators sprayed the affected areas and moved workers to other floors—and two of national clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch’s Manhattan stores—which were closed for remediation. Full Article >>