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Lethal second-generation rat poisons are killing endangered quolls and Tasmanian devils

  • Written by Robert Davis, Associate Professor in Conservation, Edith Cowan University
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Humans have been poisoning rodents for centuries. But fast-breeding rats and mice have evolved resistance to earlier poisons. In response, manufacturers have produced second generation anticoagulant rodenticides such as bromadiolone, widely used in Australian households.

Unfortunately, these potent poisons do not magically...

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