Rat Poison Kills More Than Rats

The Green Friday presenter will be Lisa Owens Viani, the co-founder and director of Raptors Are The Solution (R.A.T.S), a project of Earth Island Institute. Lisa is a long time environmental activist and writer. R.A.T.S. educates people about the ecological role of raptors and the enormous danger to raptors and all wildlife, as well as pets and children, from the wide use and availability of rat poisons. R.A.T.S partners with other NGOs, agencies, scientists, municipalities, and others to work toward eliminating toxic rodenticides from the food web.

In her presentation "Rat Poison Kills More Than Rats" she asks: Is rat poison our "new DDT"? Lisa's talk describes the epidemic of wildlife mortality being caused by rat poison in the food web. She will explain its impacts on birds of prey as well as on coyotes, bobcats, mountain lions, and Pacific fishers, among other animals. Lisa will discussrecent regulatory changes affecting over-the-counter purchase of rodenticides, loopholes in the law, alternatives to rodenticides, and what individuals can do to help beneficial predators thrive and continue to provide us with their free, natural, pest control services.