Updates
Rodenticides Threaten Florida Wildlife
December 19, 2020 | Anna MirochaBeach mice have long inhabited the coastal dunes of Florida’s Atlantic and Gulf coasts. By day they live in burrows in sparsely vegetated dunes near the high-tide line, emerging at night to forage in nearby dunes and marshy swales. In … Read More
New Law Protects California Wildlife From Super-toxic Rat Poisons
November 19, 2020 | Anna MirochaOn September 29, 2020, California’s governor Gavin Newsom signed legislation that will place a moratorium on most uses of super-toxic rodenticides in California until state agencies can develop better safeguards to protect wildlife from the deadly poisons. The California Ecosystems … Read More
California Ecosystems Protection Act (AB1788) Set for Hearing June 19
June 11, 2019 | Anna MirochaThe California Senate will hold a hearing on AB1788 Wednesday, June 19, 2019 in Rm 3191 of the State Capitol. If signed into law, the bill will prohibit the use of super toxic rat poisons throughout the state (with exemptions … Read More
Seasonal Tips for Controlling Rodents From the California Dept. of Fish and Wildlife
April 30, 2019 | Anna MirochaThe California Department of Fish and Wildlife just published helpful seasonal reminders for safely controlling rodent populations this spring and summer. The agency notes that in many areas, abundant rain and snow over the winter has led to overgrown vegetation, … Read More
New California Law Would Further Protect Wildlife From Super Toxic Rat Poisons
February 22, 2019 | Anna MirochaA new bill proposed in California would make great strides in protecting wildlife threatened by super-toxic rat poisons. Assembly Bill 1788, introduced by California Assemblymember Richard Bloom, (D-Santa Monica), would restrict super-toxic rodenticides — known as second generation anticoagulant rodenticides … Read More
Birds of Prey to the Rescue in Ventura County
July 15, 2018 | Anna MirochaRaptors and owls in Ventura County are doing their part to protect levees from catastrophic flooding. Ground squirrels and pocket gophers had been burrowing into levee walls, making them susceptible to breach. For years the county relied on rodenticides to … Read More
57 Groups, Municipalities Urge Ban on Rat Poisons in California Cities: More Than 45,000 People Oppose Widespread Poisoning of Wildlife, Pets, Children
April 10, 2016 | Anna MirochaA coalition of 57 conservation, public-health, research and wildlife-rehabilitation groups, the city of Malibu, Marin County, the mayor of Richmond and more than 45,000 people have called for prohibitions on the most toxic rat and mouse poisons because of the … Read More
Rodenticide Use Restricted in CA Wildlife Habitat Areas
October 22, 2014 | SRC MemberOn September 19th, California bill banning the use of second generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) in certain wildlife habitat areas was approved by Governor Jerry Brown. The bill, AB 2657, prohibits the use of rodent poisons containing second generation anticoagulants brodifacoum, … Read More
Faces of Rat Poison
January 21, 2014 | SRC MemberRaptors Are The Solution (RATS) is continuing their successful Faces of Rat Poison public education campaign in the San Francisco Bay Area to inform the public of the dangers of rodenticides. The Faces of Rat Poison transit campaign uses gorgeous … Read More
Rat Poison in the Environment
January 10, 2014 | SRC MemberTerra Verde – Rat Poison in the Environment: Risks to Your Kids, Pets, Wildlife and Birds This NPR-KPFA radio segment is about the secret life of super-toxic rat poisons, and the risks they pose to wildlife, birds, pets, and … Read More
