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Get bird-killing SGARs out of your local community

How to contact your local council in four easy steps:

  1. Enter your address to find your local council

  2. Add your details, so your council can reply to you

  3. Add a personal touch to the email

  4. Simply press Send My Email. Easy!

Why Local Councils matter for SGARs

Second-generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides (SGARs) are poisoning and even killing native wildlife like owls, eagles, magpies, and quolls. It’s not just wildlife, beloved family pet cats and dogs are also at risk. Many Australian councils use dangerous SGARs to control rodents in council-managed buildings and spaces, without realising the impacts this has on wildlife and pets in the community.

SGARs are already heavily regulated or banned in Europe and North America, and some proactive Australian councils are already phasing out SGARs because of the risks.

Encourage your local council to phase out SGARs in your community!

Use our email tool to ask your local council how they are keeping wildlife and pets safe from SGARs.

Our Action Kit for Councils details various simple ways that local governments can help make their communities safer from bird-killing SGARs. Feel free to download it, and to pass it on to your local council!

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