Potent new rat poisons killing California wildlife

By Tom Knudson
tknudson@sacbee.com
Published: Sunday, Apr. 17, 2011 - 12:00 am | Page 1A
Last Modified: Sunday, Apr. 17, 2011 - 2:12 pm

Outside Palm Desert, a young bobcat dies mysteriously at a nature preserve. South of Nevada City, a farmer finds an owl dead near his decoy shed. In San Rafael, a red-shouldered hawk bleeds heavily from its mouth and nose before succumbing at an animal care center.

Each of those incidents shares a link to a widely used toxin that is turning up at dangerous levels in wildlife across California: rat poison.


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