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By Christian M. Wade cwade@cnhinews.com May 8, 2021
3 hrs ago
BOSTON â The recent poisoning of a bald eagle along the Charles River is spurring proposed limits on the use of highly toxic rat poison.
A proposal, filed on behalf of several animal rights groups, would restrict use of poison known as second-generation anticoagulants, require the state to monitor their use and mandate that pest control companies educate consumers about them.
âThese are poisons and they should be regulated better,â said Kara Holmquist, state director of the Humane Society of the United States. Their use, she added, is leading to the poisoning of animals âthat werenât targeted, including many protected animals.â
Groups push for limits on rat poison in Mass. after bald eagle dies
Modified: 5/6/2021 9:59:27 PM
BOSTON Animal rights groups are pressing Massachusetts lawmakers to limit the use of highly toxic rat poison following the death of a bald eagle blamed on the poison.
The bald eagle that died in March along the Charles River was poisoned after ingesting a toxic substance meant to kill vermin.
State wildlife officials said the eagle succumbed to poisoning from a “second-generation anticoagulant rodenticide.” The second-generation anticoagulants prevent blood from clotting normally, resulting in a fatal hemorrhage. They are more toxic than first-generation poisons.
It’s the first time that such a fatality in a bald eagle has been reported in Massachusetts, officials said, although mortalities in bald eagles due to the poison have occurred in other states.
A bald eagle grabs a fish from the Susquehanna River near the Conowingo Dam, Friday, Nov. 20, 2020. A bald eagle died in March along the Charles River after being poisoned by a toxic substance meant to kill vermin. (Julio Cortez/AP)
Animal rights groups are pressing Massachusetts lawmakers to limit the use of highly toxic rat poison following the death of a bald eagle blamed on the poison.
The bald eagle that died in March along the Charles River was poisoned after ingesting a toxic substance meant to kill vermin.
State wildlife officials said the eagle succumbed to poisoning from a “second-generation anticoagulant rodenticide.” The second-generation anticoagulants prevent blood from clotting normally, resulting in a fatal hemorrhage. They are more toxic than first-generation poisons.
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