Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura) in southern California are still exposed to anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs) even though ...

The images led Patel to believe it may have ingested a rodent that consumed a second-generation anticoagulant rodenticide, also known as an SGAR. "When these birds get exposed to these SGARs they ...

But chemicals that kill rats can also harm other animals. The most commonly used poisons are called anticoagulant ...

Anticoagulant rodenticides (ARs) are rodent poisons that have been widely used globally for decades for the control of commensal rodents (those who live off what they obtain from human communities).

A.B. 1322 expands on the existing moratorium on second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides to include diphacinone, a first-generation anticoagulant rodenticide. The proposed legislation will ...

Autopsies revealed that the animals had ingested second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides—the strongest and most long-lasting poisons that kill rats by inhibiting the body’s ability to ...

The California Ecosystems Protection Act of 2023, or Assembly Bill 1322, will place a moratorium on the first-generation anticoagulant rodenticide diphacinone, a toxic rat poison still on the market ...

Saggese et al. (2024). Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura) from Southern California are Exposed to Anticoagulant Rodenticides Despite Recent Bans. Journal of Raptor Research, 58(4):491–498.

Due to the risk to children, pets, and non-target wildlife, a few years ago EPA changed its safety requirements for rodenticides. Products designed for sale to the public must either be less-deadly, ...

She has spent years advocating against second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs). Wildlife poisoning from these products has been an ongoing issue that can be easily remedied ...