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Paul Trapp · Seal Em Out LLC
Seal Em Out: 44 Google reviews (5★) · top rated on Angi and Thumbtack
Brittany Piersma · Audubon Western Everglades
Marco Island · 2025
2-Minute Overview

The case against rat poison.
In two minutes.

Everything a city council member, HOA board, or concerned neighbor needs to understand - why rodenticide is making the problem worse, what the alternative looks like, and what Marco Island already proved. Share this one widely.

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What's covered
0:00
The Problem with Poison
Why rodenticide creates the problem it pretends to solve - the vacuum effect explained.
0:35
Who's Actually Paying
Burrowing owls, hawks, bobcats - and the food chain beyond.
1:10
The Exclusion First Solution
Seal. Reduce. Guarantee. How permanent exclusion makes poison unnecessary.
1:40
Marco Island Proved It
60% population reduction. Marco Island verbally agreed to replace their poison contract with Seal Em Out. One city down.
Full Deep Dive

The complete case.
Every angle.

The science behind secondary poisoning, the human food supply connection, the pork industry's own admissions, the 55-of-59 burrowing owl testing data, and the full Marco Island story - how a four-year effort led to the city replacing their poison contract with a Seal Em Out agreement. For anyone who wants the whole picture.

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Chapters
0:00
The Manifesto
Rats enter through structural failures. Poison ignores the structure.
The Problem
The vacuum effect - why poison creates the problem it pretends to solve.
The Science
Every type. Every time. Wildlife pays. The rodenticide comparison table.
The Human Cost
The Florida backyard, the technician, and the pork industry's closed loop.
Proof It Works
55 of 59 burrowing owls. 60% population reduction. Marco Island replaced their poison contract.
The Solution
Seal. Reduce. Guarantee. The three-step Exclusion First approach.
Marco Island - How It Happened
Four years. One pilot. One verbal agreement. A blueprint for fifty cities.

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Who Made This

Two people.
One argument.
Twenty-five years of proof.

This presentation was built on five years of Audubon Western Everglades field monitoring and owl rodenticide testing, 25 years of structural exclusion experience, and Marco Island's unanimous decision to replace their city rodenticide program with poison-free exclusion and fertility control - proof the model works at the municipal level.

It's available for HOA meetings, city council sessions, conservation events, and school programs across Florida and beyond.

Paul Trapp
Seal Em Out LLC · Fort Myers Shores, FL
Lead exclusion contractor for Marco Island's poison-free municipal program - the first city-contracted rodent exclusion program of its kind in Florida. 25+ years in wildlife exclusion, including building and selling ATBAY LLC in Connecticut. Licensed Nuisance Wildlife Control Operator in Florida and Connecticut. Top-rated reviews across Southwest Florida.
Brittany Piersma
Audubon Western Everglades · Collier County, FL
Conservation biologist with Audubon Western Everglades. Five years of burrowing owl field monitoring on Marco Island - monitoring from 2020, building the rodenticide testing dataset as the program developed, securing Conservation Collier preserve protection for Marco Island habitats now home to GoodBites stations and game cameras documenting predator recovery, and the community and city-staff education that drove the unanimous council vote.
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Every data point. Every source. The complete scientific case, the Marco Island blueprint, and the framework to take it to your city.

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