Check out this thread… it’s the why Sarah started the #PoisonFreeBelize campaign.
She’s achieved so much in such a short time, im always in awe of her tenacity and hard work. So proud of her and im so lucky to have her in my life
#WomeninRaptorConservation #WomeninSTEM #RatPoisonisWildlifePoison 🪶
So if you want to help us with this campaign you can donate to the cause by buying this amazing design in whatever kind of shirt you like on our Bonfire site!
#Birds #Raptors #RatPoisonisWildlifePoison
Link to help ➡️ www.bonfire.com/belize-rapto...
Photo of a billboard that says Rat poison kills more than rats and it invites people to look for wildlife safe alternatives by visiting our website www.belizeraptorcenter.org. The billboard also shows a family of Barn Owls, two adults and a chick, one adult has a rodent in its beak while the other adult just handed a rodent to the chick
Photo of the highway where we installed a billboard that says Rat poison kills more than rats and it invites people to look for wildlife safe alternatives by visiting our website www.belizeraptorcenter.org. The billboard also shows a family of Barn Owls, two adults and a chick, one adult has a rodent in its beak while the other adult just handed a rodent to the chick.
Photo of a billboard that says Rat poison kills more than rats and it invites people to look for wildlife safe alternatives by visiting our website www.belizeraptorcenter.org. The billboard also shows a Barn Owl with a rodent in its beak
Since the beginning of the campaign (Sept 2025) we have crowdfunded more than $7,000 in GoFundMe, and several thousands of dollars in billboards we have installed in the most important highways in Belize
#Birds #Raptors #RatPoisonisWildlifePoison
Link to help ➡️ www.bonfire.com/belize-rapto...
Photo of our volunteer installing a Barn Owl box made of a road culvert. The installation was done where they keep the haystacks.
Photo of the team cleaning the bait boxes and filling them with Evolve Rat Birth Control from SenesTech
Photo of an Evolve Rat Birth Control with the Quality Poultry building in the background.
Photo of a Quality Poultry truck, a ceiba tree behind it and the Quality Poultry building behind the truck and ceiba tree. You can see our volunteer that climbs trees installing a Barn Ow box in the ceiba at about 12 m above the ground
She started promoting the product among the people she's worked with installing Barn Owl boxes. Companies like Running W Brand, a family owned cattle ranch & meat processing plant as well as Quality Poultry
#Birds #Raptors #RatPoisonisWildlifePoison
Link to help ➡️ www.bonfire.com/belize-rapto...
Poison Free Belize bumper sticker design, with a Barn Owl flying and a poisoned rat on its talons, and the head of Ixchel, the White Hawk
Sticker design that says Poison Affects All and has four rows of different animal species that can be affected by poison. Upper row: Coyote, Jaguar, Yayra Second row: Roadside Hawk, Ornate Hawk-eagle, White Hawk Third row: Spectacled Owl, Mottled Owl, Barn Owl Lower row: Boa, Pygmy Owl, Middle American Indigo Snake
Photo of Azula, the Roadside Hawk, on a shelf perch looking intently at a bag of Evolve Rat Birth Control from SenesTech
So, she had a couple designs commissioned to promote the campaign and started working with companies like SenesTech to bring into Belize a wildlife safe alternative to rat poison: Evolve Rat Birth Control.
#Birds #Raptors #RatPoisonisWildlifePoison
Link to help ➡️ www.bonfire.com/belize-rapto...
Photo of a Barn Owl in a box, looking very rough and sick. It was later discovered that it had eaten a poisoned rat
Photo of Ixchel, the White Hawk, in the kennel with a catheter in her right leg as she pushes into the back of the kennel looking distraught and showing neurological symptoms. This is a still of a video that is gruesome and shows her neurological symptoms perfectly.
Today we keep on talking about Ixchel cause her story's the reason why our director started Poison Free Belize. For Sarah it was enough, she got tired of getting raptors, especially owls, with clotting issues
#Birds #Raptors #RatPoisonisWildlifePoison
Link to help ➡️ www.bonfire.com/belize-rapto...
Sticker design of the Poison Free Belize campaign with a flying Barn Owl holding a dead, poisoned rat and the headshot of a White Hawk
Sticker design that says Poison Affects All and has four rows of different animal species that can be affected by poison. Upper row: Coyote, Jaguar, Yayra Second row: Roadside Hawk, Ornate Hawk-eagle, White Hawk Third row: Spectacled Owl, Mottled Owl, Barn Owl Lower row: Boa, Pygmy Owl, Middle American Indigo Snake
Photo of a billboard that says Rat poison kills more than rats and it invites people to look for wildlife safe alternatives by visiting our website www.belizeraptorcenter.org. The billboard also shows a Barn Owl with a rodent in its beak
Design of a billboard that says Rat poison kills more than rats and it invites people to look for wildlife safe alternatives by visiting our website www.belizeraptorcenter.org. The design also shows an Ocelot and a White-tailed Kite both holding a rat
Since last year she started the Poison Free Belize campaign that aims at lowering (and eventually ban) the use of rat poison in the country while educating the public about the nefarious effects it has on wildlife.
#PoisonFreeBelize #RatPoisonisWildlifePoison
Poster promoting a 12 Days of Christmas Raffle from the Belize Raptor Center with over $5,000 USD in prizes for a $25 USD ticket
Poster promoting a 12 Days of Christmas Raffle from the Belize Raptor Center with the list of prizes
Here is the info for the tickets & prizes, more than $5,000USD in prizes for a $25USD ticket! All the money will be used in our Poison Free Belize Educational Campaign & to buy more Evolve Rat birth control to donate to farmers & households interested in stop using poison! #ratpoisoniswildlifepoison
Awesome!!! Idk where you are located but if in the US try using Evolve Rat birth control from Senestech… amazing product, no poisoning and it lowers rodent population by 70% the first couple of months… totally worth it! #ratpoisoniswildlifepoison
Just got back from installing another box at Blancaneaux Lodge. A beautiful lodge that is switching from rodenticide use to Evolve Rat birth control and going full Integrated Pest Management with barn owl boxes!
#habitatrestoration #barnowl #birds #birdsofprey #ratpoisoniswildlifepoison
Bumper sticker design of our Poison Free Belize Educational Campaign
Director of the Belize Raptor Center, Sarah Mann, during an educational program
Photo of the Belize Raptor Center’s booth at the Belize Birding Festival
Photo of director, Sarah Mann, doing an interview while on vacation in Mexico… conservation work never stops!
And the most important part, the Poison Free Belize Educational Campaign that aims at educating the public about the harm rodenticides have on wildlife. The most ambitious project I’ve had the pleasure of being part of!
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#ratpoisoniswildlifepoison #poisonfree #poisonfreebelize #barnowls #birds
Barn Owls are one of the species that suffer the most rodenticide poisoning. We’re killing the best weapon we have against rodents w/ our inability to use proper pest control management. Help us change that by donating to our campaign #birds #birdsofprey #ratpoisoniswildlifepoison
gofund.me/5e442bf9
Selfie with Ixchel the White Hawk
Not all is sad tho, she will stay with us and teach the public, especially the young public, about the harms of rodenticides for wildlife. #raptors #birds #ratpoisoniswildlifepoison 4/4
After months of care she went into a flight enclosure but we realized she doesn’t see too well, so we started training her to make sure she is non-releasable and sadly she will not go back to the wild. You can see how she can’t calculate the distance #raptors #birds #ratpoisoniswildlifepoison 3/4
Photo of Ixchel the White Hawk on the glove during a manning session
When she came in we were able to get an IV and start pumping fluids back into her cause she was bleeding badly… the blood that came out of the IV stayed on the table for almost 2 hours without ever coagulating… that how bad it was… #raptors #birds #ratpoisoniswildlifepoison 2/4
Photo of Ixchel the White Hawk with a hood in a perch
Let me introduce you to Ixchel, she is a gorgeous White Hawk that came to us (Belize Raptor Center) after being found poisoned with rodenticide… #raptors #birds #ratpoisoniswildlifepoison 1/4
🚨 Listen to Dr Bec Gooley share shocking data with @jasminsinger.com & @marisul.bsky.social about how rodenticides poison entire ecosystems. This isn't just about rats - it's about all wildlife. 🦊 #CompassionateCoexistance #RatPoisonIsWildlifePoison
✨ FLOCK EXCLUSIVE: The personal journey behind the science. Listen to Dr. Bec Gooley share the childhood moment that sparked her lifelong dedication to animals. Join our flock for these intimate conversations: ourhenhouse.org/support #CompassionateCoexistence #RatPoisonIsWildlifePoison
A purple and white graphic for episode 787 titled 'Rethinking Rat Control: Wildlife Conservation and Compassionate Solutions.' Features a selfie of Dr. Bec Gooley with a cream-colored cat, showing her tattoos. The quote reads 'Rats are incredibly social species... they practice altruism in a way that I think a lot of humans wouldn't practice.' The Our Hen House logo appears in the top right corner.
🐀 Conservation scientist Dr Bec Gooley challenges everything we think we know about rats in conversation with @jasminsinger.com & @marisul.bsky.social. Listen for compassionate solutions to wildlife conflicts: ourhenhouse.org/ep787 #CompassionateCoexistence #RatPoisonIsWildlifePoison
