Will Our Nights Become Silent?

Our owls are being killed by toxic new poisons.

The Australian bush may become silent at night as the calls of our unique owls slowly disappear.

Australian owls, eagles and other native carnivores are being killed by a new class of rat poisons being sold over-the-counter to anyone who wants them throughout Australia.

And the so-called poisons regulator allowing this to continue receives 90 per cent of its funding from chemical companies.

More than 50 peer-reviewed scientific studies have proven 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.

These poisons have been banned in other countries including Britain, the US and Canada. Many alternative poisons exist for both farmers and households. But the federal bureaucracy that regulates poisons in Australia, the Australian Pesticide and Veterinary Management Authority, has recently issued a preliminary decision to continue to allow unlimited sale of these poisons to the public, in slightly smaller packets. This is an insult to every Australian scientist who worked on the more than 30 Australian studies proving these poisons are in fact owl poisons, and eagle poisons.

We have until mid-March to change this. Please write to Minister Watt and ask him to intervene.

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