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Connecticut Residents: Ban Rodenticide Poisons in State Parks & Forests

Connecticut Residents: Ban Rodenticide Poisons in State Parks & Forests

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Birdwatchers grieved the loss of beloved Barry the barred owl whose blood was laced with rodenticide poisons when he died in 2021. Mice, rats, and other rodents, animal companions like dogs and cats, and predatory animals like owls, hawks, foxes, and bobcats all suffer from rodenticide poisons that cause unimaginable pain and negatively impact the entire food web. Connecticut legislators now have an opportunity to protect wild animals by cosponsoring and voting for SB 239 to ban rodenticide poisons in state parks and forests.

This key legislation is a step toward a more complete ban on these deadly poisons, which thin the blood and cause animals, from mice and rats to the animals who prey upon them, to slowly bleed to death or succumb to immune-related illnesses like mange. Please urge your legislator to vote for SB 239 to begin the push for a full statewide rodenticide ban.

Wildlife rehabilitators across the state witness the deadly effects of rodenticide poisons, with entire families of hawks and owls brought in for treatment. Some survive, but sadly many do not. A Tufts Wildlife Clinic study in 2020 found that 100 percent of the red-tailed hawks brought to the clinic tested positive for exposure to anticoagulant rodenticides. Previous studies in California led legislators to vote for a statewide ban on rodenticide poisons in 2020 with some public health exemptions.

Now it's time for Connecticut legislators to help protect wild animals from deadly rodenticide poisons and end this heartbreaking cycle of destruction.

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