Anticoagulant Rodenticides are wreaking complete havoc on wild animals out in the wild.
Author Will Falk recently wrote a powerful article at Prairie Protection Colorado recounting his story with the dark side of rodenticides and “why they must go”.
Below is a short excerpt from his article.
As with any truly effective tactic that impedes humans’ ability to destroy the natural world, stopping anticoagulant rodenticides will require exceptional bravery.
To find that bravery, I return to the first mangy coyote I saw.
If it was me, and my skin was covered in itchy sores and lesions, my organs were hemorrhaging blood, and my movements were growing ever slower, I’d likely give in, lay down, and let death take me.
But, that first mangy coyote I watched struggle to keep moving through a roadside ditch did not give up.
She kept moving in an effort to fulfill her species’ ancient role as a trickster lesson-giver.
She wanted us to see her. She wanted us to know what happened to her. And, she wanted us to stop those who hurt her.
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