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Poisoning native Australian predators in the name of rodent control

"Secondary poisoning is not an accidental or a misuse scenario. It is a highly predictable outcome of allowing the use of poisons in our ecosystems that accumulate in the body."

"Australia will continue using rodenticides that cause the greatest harm, Many native animals will continue to die slow and painful deaths." >>
https://theconversation.com/household-rat-poisons-found-to-be-unacceptable-risk-to-native-animals-so-why-arent-they-banned-272346
#Anticoagulant #rodenticides #SGARs #NativeWildlife #CompanionSpecies #biodiversity #poison #regulation #harm

Household rat poisons found to be ‘unacceptable risk’ to native animals. So why aren’t they banned?

Native predators like owls and goannas are dying from eating poisoned rats and mice. Wildlife experts are shocked the government won’t ban these toxic compounds.

The Conversation

Rekha Murthy Jan 3, 2024

So many raptor deaths in the Arlington, MA area in such a short time. Heartbreaking.
#raptors #rodenticide #SGARs #wildlife
https://www.facebook.com/SaveArlingtonWildlife/posts/pfbid02J722WFkwcmUY2wJVaq1kKHmX8kPcFj5EcNqT4vQHFxYNxjbzVD5d2v5Mf3nogS8ul

Rekha Murthy Jul 3, 2023

"Given that a single owl can kill upward of 1,000 rodents a year, when owls succumb to SGARs poisoning, a hyper-effective natural pest-control predator is eliminated along with the rats."
I'm so glad to see @BostonGlobe is taking on these horrible rodenticides. It sure would be nice for the New England Pest Management Association to propose safer solutions instead of digging their heels into the status quo. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/07/03/opinion/rat-poison-sgar-bald-eagles-owls
#raptors #sgars #rodenticide #pestcontrol #nature #environment

Bald eagles are America’s national symbol. Let’s stop poisoning them.

A powerful type of rat poison has also been killing eagles and owls in Massachusetts.

The Boston Globe