Will Our Nights Become Silent?

Our owls are being killed by toxic new poisons.

The Australian bush may become silent at night. Australian owls and other native carnivores are being killed by a new class of rat poisons being sold throughout Australia.

These so called ‘second generation’ rat poisons pass on up the food chain, killing and injuring owls and other native animals that eat poisoned rats.

This class of poisons has been banned in other countries. Despite this, the federal bureaucracy that regulates the use of pesticides and other poisons in Australia, the Australian Pesticide and Veterinary Management Authority, has permitted these poisons to be sold in retail outlets.

This Authority has said it plans to conduct a review of the poisons. However, the review was started in 2021 has been continually delayed and has still not been delivered. The Authority also has said recently in media that “No data we have reviewed indicates the risk of imminent harm.”

Given the years long delay, and current commentary of the Authority, we are assuming that they will not fully consider the environmental impacts of the new rat poisons, and want to continue to approve use of them. Despite the research now showing that they kill and disable Australian owls and other native predators.

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