Effective July 1 2014 second generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) will no longer be available in retail establishments and only certified applicators may use them. This is in response to years of observations that these posions have a very serious imapct on wild animals across the state… While the restriction doesn’t eliminate these poisons, it does get them off hardware and grocery store shelves… not enough but it’s a start! There will be more on this issue so critical to wildlife on the BAX website to come… but for now, good. At least this much is done.
Tag: Rat Poison
Did Your Pot Kill A Hawk?
Last Saturday, the 22nd of February, the Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC) and Environmentally Sound Productions put on a benefit concert to raise money for a campaign to get rat poisons out of marijuana production. Bird Ally X /Humboldt Wildlife Care Center supports this effort wholeheartedly. So we drove down to set up an information table at the show and spoke briefly regarding the impact of rat poisons on local wild animals, including the orphans that result when parents are killed! While we don’t endorse the idea of using any poison, second generation anti-coagulants (such as D-Con, etc.) are particularly nasty. We’ll have more on rat poisons soon.
Did Your Pot Kill a Hawk? expect to see this in the coming months!
Bird Ally X poster promoting rodenticide-free wildlife!
