Farmers in Thailand use ducks to remove pests from rice paddies. The release of the Khaki Campbell ducks, a British breed, is part of "ped lai thoong" a long-standing tradition in the region. The deal rids the farms of pests-such as cherry snails, apple snails, weeds and other small pests-while providing a rich source of nutrients for the water birds. n 1943 in Ukrainian SR chickens were used as widely as possible in the fight against various field pests, which was an excellent mean of combating a number of field pests. The remarkable experience of the collective farms of the USSR in the pre-war period showed that, skillfully using chickens, it is possible to overcome even such a malicious pest as the beet weevil, However, nowadays people gave up this method.