The law will place a permanent moratorium on a rat poison that unintentionally also kills predators, such as mountain lions, coyotes and other animals.
Wildlife advocates are hailing the passage of Assembly Bill 1322, which expands a moratorium on rat poison, as a win for mountain lions, coyotes and other animals that live in and around urban areas across California. The new law, also known as the California Ecosystems Protections Act of 2023, will place a moratorium on diphacinone, a first-generation anticoagulant rat poison, developed before 1970. The law will take effect Jan. 1.
Despite the 2020 legislation, the Center for Biological Diversity said that 'wildlife continues to be exposed to rodenticide and suffer from illnesses and death due to unintended poisoning.' Diphacinone has been prevalent for so long because 'it kills, not just rodents, but larger animals up the food chain,' said Tony Tucci co-founder of Citizens for Los Angeles Wildlife, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit that works to restore the habitat of wildlife.
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