Keep your home and garden safe from bird-killing SGARs

Native birds, wildlife, and even pets are  dying after eating rodents poisoned by SGARs.

Thankfully, there are easy ways to make your home and garden safer!

Make your house and garden less friendly for rodents:

• clean up garden waste, including fallen fruit, and keep your yard/shed tidy

• seal potential roof/wall cavity access points that rodents might be using

• ensure excess pet food isn’t accessible, and rodent-proof chook pens and aviaries

• limit access to compost heaps, by lining the base with suitable mesh and turning it over often

• Download our free brochures for bird-lovers, pet owners, and gardeners for more details

Support native predators:

• plant owl-friendly native plants and trees with a good canopy cover

• replace rat-friendly plants, like palms, with local endemics

• install appropriately designed nest boxes for owls to breed in

• take BirdLife Australia’s free Habitat Gardening for Birds course to learn more

Reduce dependence on poison baits:

• consider non-poison pest control, like snap traps

• only put out baits when you actually need to

• if you do choose to use poisons, learn which products to buy and avoid here

Encourage others to join you:

• Download and print your free Bird-Friendly Garden poster and put it in your front window or fence to show that your garden is poison-free and safe for birds

• Ask your friends, family and neighbours to join the campaign

• Share the evidence against SGARs

• Take one of our many actions to help phase out the use of SGARs in Australia