A couple of years back, I went to a Mountain Lion conservation meeting here in Murrieta and the cat expert told us a large amount of wildlife dies from secondary poisoning from Rat Poison. Not just Mountain Lions, but Coyotes, Bobcats and even raptors such as Hawks, Eagles and Ravens. Two Mountain Lions in the Santa Monica Mountains died from secondary ingestion of rat poison back in 2005. Mountain Lions have also died from eating dead Coyotes who have either ingested rat poison or the animals that ingested the poison.
Rat Poison is also the cause of many pet deaths, including cats and dogs. Children ingesting rat poison has gone up 45% in the last 10 years.
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