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In 2020, California banned four deadly rodenticides, but diphacinone wasn't included and is still actively used by “pest control” operators. Now, Gov. Gavin Newsom is poised to sign AB 1322, which would ban diphacinone, protecting countless animals, including mice, owls, hawks, skunks, raccoons, coyotes, rats, bobcats, and mountain lions from painful, untimely deaths.

AB 1322 would add diphacinone, an anticoagulant rodenticide, to the existing rodent poison ban in California. The bill will also require the Department of Pesticide Regulation to implement stronger regulations on second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides to minimize non-target wild animal deaths. Ask Newsom to sign the bill and seal the deal!

Anticoagulant rodenticides kill animals who unknowingly consume them by prohibiting their blood from clotting and causing horrific suffering as they bleed internally to death. These poisons cause slow painful deaths to target animals like rats and mice and can cause second-degree poisoning to predators like cougars, birds of prey, and endangered species like the San Joaquin kit fox.

Bobcat B-372 and mountain lion P-76 killed by rodenticide poisons.

Rodenticides unintentionally poison wild animals who eat rodents who have directly ingested the poison. Animal companions and children tragically die from consuming rodenticides as well. In 2021, Wildlife Health Laboratory reported that poison was found in over half of the wild animals tested in the state. Sadly, 39 of 40 mountain lions tested positive for rodenticide in a Santa Monica Mountains study.

Human-rodent conflicts can be easily resolved through non-lethal methods. Prevention is the most effective method and includes solutions as simple as proper waste disposal, food storage, and ensuring buildings are sealed. Rodent birth control methods have also proven to be effective in some situations. Rodenticides are an outdated killing method that cause immense suffering to all who encounter it.

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