Why Australia’s pesticide regulator took years to act on rat poison Australia’s poisons regulator shows how hard it is to rebuild an institution after it is damage. As it rebuilds, Australian native animals are dying.

@roycerk2.bsky.social writes on a critical biodiversity issue #ratpoisons. In my past life as a #vet #nurse & #wildlife carer watching animals die from this toxin was soul destroying. Banning their widespread sale is well overdue
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Despair over owl deaths as regulator in fourth year of rat bait review Local governments team up with activists to boycott rat bait, as 60 owls die in south-west WA and the regulator works to release the outcome of its four-year review.

The #APVMA has been reviewing the availability of rat poisons since 2021.

SGARs are devastating our wildlife. If this is the best the APVMA can do, it should be replaced.

#RatPoisons #SGARs

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#ratpoisons #nativepredators

Learn more about the devastating ripple effects of SGARs and join the fight for change by signing the petition here: al.org.au/ban-rat-poisons

#endthecycleofdestruction #banratpoisons #ratpoisons #SGARs