Rat and mouse baits are an everyday product. But these chemicals can persist in the tissues of rodents that eat them for months and poison native animals.
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Second generation rat poisons are so potent that they’re banned for home use in Europe and North America. But here, you can pick them up at Bunnings or Coles.
There’s shocking new evidence of rodenticide poisoning in Australia’s nocturnal predatory birds. High concentrations of the active ingredients were found in 92% of the 60 dead birds they tested.
Household rat poison is endangering caracals, and other wildlife species in Cape Town, that prey on poisoned rodents. If not managed, this can negatively alter the region’s ecosystem.
Rat baits are widely used to keep rodent pests at bay. But many Australian reptiles are resistant to the poison, potentially spreading these deadly compounds up the food chain.
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Associate Professor in Wildlife Conservation, Edith Cowan University
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Senior Lecturer in Conservation Ecology & Genetics, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor in Wildlife and Conservation Biology, Deakin University
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Postdoctoral Fellow - University of California and Institute for Communities and Wildlife, University of Cape Town
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Research Fellow in Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University
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Adjunct Fellow in Ecology, Australian National University
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Adjunct Assistant Professor in Ecology, University of Canberra
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Professor in wildlife and conservation biology, Deakin University