ACTION ALERT: Feb. 18 deadline for comment on poisons

Every year Health Canada, through its Pest Management Review Agency, permits thousands of wild animals to die prolonged and painful deaths by poisoning. Strychnine, Compound 1080 and Sodium Cyanide are legally used for what is termed “Vertebrate Pest Control”.  Under this regime, wolves, coyotes, bears, skunks, Richardson Ground Squirrels and Pocket Gophers are all targeted […]