![]() ![]() Protected species are anything but when it comes to the indiscriminate killing of Compound 1080. In 1998, after intense public debate, Wildlife Services’ program withdrew the agency’s registration for use of LPCs containing Compound 1080 in Oregon. California condors are facing extinction and threats from Compound 1080 isn’t helping.īecause of the dangers and cruelty associated with these poisons, citizens in California (1998) and Washington State (2000) passed ballot initiatives that ban M-44s and Livestock Protection Collars (LPCs) containing Compound 1080. And when badgers, bears, bobcats, birds or other species come across the carcass, the results can be tragic.Ĭompound 1080 is so dangerous, the FBI considers it “most likely to be used by terrorists or for malicious intent,” Project Coyote reports. Vulnerable species like Grizzly bears are threatened by Compound 1080.Īccording to Predator Defense, small dosages of sodium fluoroacetate have been integrated into the collars of livestock, which are then punctured when coyotes or other predators attack, killing both the coyote and the livestock. government still allows its use as a pest deterrent. It’s one of the world’s most deadly poisons, the Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology reports, but the U.S. A small amount is all it takes to induce vomiting, convulsions, and possibly even cardiac arrest in humans, and is more than often lethal to smaller animals. This compound is naturally found in certain plants in Australia, South Africa and Brazil. "It's hard to justify the fact that taxpayer dollars are being used to kill native wildlife," he said, "when there are so many other ecologically and scientifically sound alternatives.Sodium fluoroacetate is a highly toxic compound primarily used as a pesticide known commercially as Compound 1080. Western Watersheds also backs imposing a nationwide ban on M-44s and another poisonous predator-killing device, Compound 1080. Molvar said Wyoming wasn't targeted for a ban in the petition, but there has been talk of expanding the bans to other Western states. Western Watersheds Project Executive Director Erik Molvar was behind the petition that led to Wildlife Services' ban of M-44s in Idaho. It ought to be their decision to ban them now." "They should have been history, and it should have been Wildlife Services' decision. ![]() "They should have been banned a long time ago," said Robertson, founder of the animal rights advocacy group Wyoming Untrapped. Lisa Robertson is one Jackson Hole resident who thinks any animal killed by M-44s - targeted or not - is one too many. There was a wolf, but that was in an area of the state where there was not known to be wolves at that time," Drake said. The Wyoming Department of Agriculture does not allow the general public to use the baited sodium cyanide canisters on Bureau of Land Management property.ĭrake said that "incidental take" from the poisonous contraptions permitted by the state has been "very, very limited" in his decade-long tenure. Forest Service and National Park Service lands are off-limits for agricultural producers hoping to reduce numbers of coyotes or foxes, the only species that can be legally targeted with M-44s. ![]()
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