Rat poison ban clears both chambers of RI General Assembly

A bill by Providence Democratic Rep. Rebecca Kislak to limit the availability of certain rodenticides statewide passed the ...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Rodent bait traps harm protected wildlife: letter

Thank you for your coverage of the Sierra Club drawing attention to the use of rodent bait boxes in Napa Corporate and Airport Industrial parks. At Napa Wildlife Rescue we are well aware of the ...

A rat poison so toxic it can kill bears will be pulled from Maine shelves

The state conducted a limited sampling for rodenticides in 2024, and found that 4 out of 4 bears and 4 out of 6 hawks tested ...
Detroit Free Press

4 rat control methods that don't involve poison — from string and buckets to smoke bombs

Thousands in southeast Michigan have joined a movement to stop the use of rat poisons due to the harm they pose to pets and predators. The most common types of rodenticides deployed by pest control ...
Fast Company

How rat poison is impacting carnivores worldwide

Rats thrive around humans, for good reason: They feed off crops and garbage and readily adapt to many settings, from farms to the world’s largest cities. To control them, people often resort to ...
WBUR

To protect wildlife, advocates look to reduce rat poison use in Mass.

At the New England Wildlife Center in Weymouth, veterinarian Priya Patel checks the vitals of one of her patients. He's a red-tailed hawk, and for the moment he's swaddled in a sandy brown towel. When ...