Missed the target - Rodenticide exposure is becoming a nuisance not just to the poison's intended victims, but also to apex predators
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Missed the target - Rodenticide exposure is becoming a nuisance not just to the poison's intended victims, but also to apex predators

San Joaquin : CA : USA | Mar 22, 2012 at 1:46 AM PDT
Source: Santa Maria Sun
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Because rodenticide can stay in tissue up to 100 days, any predator eating the sick rodent is also ingesting the toxin. Since the anticoagulant kills slowly, a rat might eat several doses, all of which could be passed on to predators. When an owl, bobcat, or fox has died of exposure to rodenticide, it's... FULL ARTICLE AT Santa Maria Sun
 
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