BUG OFF!

…Beware of this popular, highly toxic, flea collar. Plus safe, natural flea repellents you can make!

By Katy Cable-TWR-A 3 Min Read
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Fleas suck! -Pun intended! Unlike bees that pollinate our planet and keep us alive, or ants who are brilliant little armies of team players, capable of carrying an entire picnic a GA-ZILLION times their own size and body weight on their tiny backs, what purpose do fleas and ticks serve anyway?

Here in Southern California fleas can be year-round invaders. With the dog days of summer well on their way, your pup may be wearing more than a cute collar and bandana. This spring, no matter where you live, chances are these blood-sucking monsters are just waiting to spread like wildfire on your pet.

Before you race out for some flea protection, beware. Seresto, the #1 selling flea collar on Amazon, is potentially lethal! According to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) documents, as of June 2020, the agency had received 75,000 incident reports about Seresto pet collars since their introduction in 2012, including 1,698 deaths of animals and nearly 1,000 incidents involving harm to humans.

And that’s just what has been reported. Typically, pet parents would not know to report pet harm to the EPA, an agency…