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All of these come under the heading "PEST", excluding politicians, who only a handful would consider "pests". Definitions of pests vary, but the Concise Oxford Dictionary says this: //**1** a troublesome or annoying person or thing: a nuisance. **2** a destructive animal, esp. an insect that attacks crops, livestock etc. **3** a pestilence: a plague.//  Definitions with Google says this: In rebuttal to google's last part of their last option, I have yet to see a pest that can with stand the power of lead, talon, a carnivorous jaw or a strong wire contraption closing tightly round the neck, or the power of the New Henry Trap. These are the main ways pests are controlled. In this site you will find everything you need or want to know about pests, and probably more.
 * PESTS** ﻿  media type="custom" key="7556301"   Who needs 'em? Or first, What are they?   Here is a brief list of the animal pests that are destroying New Zealand's bush and wildlife:
 * [[image:deer.jpg width="178" height="178" caption="Deer" link="Deer"]] || [[image:Boar.JPG width="187" height="205" caption="Pigs" link="Pigs"]] || [[image:Stoat.jpg width="211" height="184" caption="Stoats" link="Stoats"]] || [[image:Possums.jpg width="200" height="187" caption="Possums" link="Possums"]] || [[image:Ferret.jpg width="165" height="146" caption="Ferret" link="Ferrets"]] ||
 * [[image:Cats.jpg width="192" height="146" caption="Ferrel cats" link="Ferrel Cats"]] || [[image:Rat.jpg width="194" height="115" caption="Rats" link="Rats"]] || [[image:weasel.jpg width="198" height="149" caption="Weasels" link="Weasels"]] || [[image:JohnKey2.jpg width="127" height="142" caption="Politicians - According to some"]] ||  ||
 * //pest - plague: a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal//
 * //pest - plague: any epidemic disease with a high death rate//
 * //pest - a persistently annoying person//
 * //pest - any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.; "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides"//