Leaf Vacuums Kill Insects, ‘Phibs

- Bild Zeitung (Cologne, Germany)  10 October 98

Thanks go out to Swantje Willms, who translated this article from the German for our readers who don’t know German, but know English. The German text may be found in this page below the English translation

Stuttgart - The nature protection federation of Germany (Nabu) warns about
the application of leaf vacuums. The environmentalists: "Together with
the leaves, millions of insect larvae, small frogs, newts and even lizards
are sucked in and die thereby. "

The original German text:

Laubsauger killen Insekten

Stuttgart - Der Naturschutzbund Deutschland (Nabu) warnt vor dem
Einsatz von Laubsaugern. Die Umweltschützer: "Mit dem Laub werden
Millionen Insektenlarven, kleine Frösche, Molche und sogar Eidechsen
eingesaugt und kommen dabei um."