Protect Aussie birds from dangerous SGAR rat poisons
Native birds, wildlife, and even pets are at risk because of the unregulated use of Second-generation Anticoagulant Rodenticide poisons in Australia. These silent killer chemicals are still available on retail shelves and online in Australia, despite the known risks.
We need the Australian Government and decision makers to help us solve the current problem, and ensure that when Australians turn to pest control, we aren’t accidentally leaking silent-killer poisons into our local communities, and killing vulnerable native wildlife and pets.
Give birds dying from SGARs a voice by telling the Agriculture Minister, Julie Collins, and Assistant Minister, Anthony Chisholm, why you want to see Aussie animals, from wildlife to pets, protected from SGARs.
Our tool will also send an open letter, signed by 280 experts, to ensure your passion and the latest expert evidence are heard together.
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By adding your voice alongside the expert letter, we can show decision makers that Australians want to see action on silent killer SGAR rat poisons.
Why are SGARs such a risk?
Second-generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides are powerful poisons that cause internal bleeding, but they have two key drawbacks when compared with other rodenticides:
SGARs persist in animal tissue for longer than many other rodenticides. This means they are more likely to accumulate within an animal to dangerous and even lethal quantities every time a vulnerable animal ingests these poisons.
SGARs don’t kill immediately, so poisoned rats and mice, and non-target animals can spread the danger far beyond where they were exposed to poison. This puts native birds and other animals in the local environment, as well as family pets in neighbouring yards and through our local community at risk.
Australian and international studies have proven SGARs pose lethal risks to birds. Dangerous levels of SGARs have been found in studies on dead Australian birds including: Powerful Owls, Southern Boobooks, Wedge-tailed Eagles, Tawny Frogmouths, and more.
The public retail sale of SGARs has been regulated in the US, Canada and EU for years.
But Australian regulations lag behind, and SGARs are available for anyone to purchase from supermarkets, hardware shops, and online throughout Australia - literally by the bucketload!
Safer alternatives for household use already exist, meaning we simply don’t need SGARs available for retail sale in Australia.
Help give dying birds a voice by contacting our federal decision makers, and helping get silent-killer SGARs under control in Australia!
You can learn more about how SGARs threaten non-target wildlife like native owls, quolls, and family pets, and discover ways you can help, below:
Powerful Owl by Lyn Walsh
