Compound 1080 and Sodium Cyanide are two poisons are employed primarily by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services program to kill coyotes and foxes at the behest of ranchers. Other animals invariably come into contact with the poisons, resulting in deaths or severe injuries to birds of prey, bears, wolves, ocelots, domestic dogs and even humans. These poisions could even seep into the ground and be washed into our public drinking water via rain.
The federal government should not be allowed to continue its reckless poisoning of wildlife to benefit special interests, especially when many effective, cost-efficient and ecologically sound nonlethal alternatives exist.
We urge the USDA to discontinue the use of these lethal poisions. We shouldn't even have to ask you and waste the time of Congress to pass a bill (H.R. 5643) to prohibit you from destroying wildlife and the environment.
Contact your U.S. Representative
SOURCE:
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Tom Vilsack
U.S. Department of Agriculture
1400 Independence Ave., S.W.
Washington, DC 20250
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Administrator Lisa P. Jackson
USEPA Headquarters
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Mail Code: 1101A
Washington, DC 20460
Fax 202-501-1450
Email jackson.lisap@epa.gov
President Barack Obama
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Compound 1080 and Sodium Cyanide are two poisons are employed primarily by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services program to kill coyotes and foxes at the behest of ranchers. Other animals invariably come into contact with the poisons, resulting in deaths or severe injuries to birds of prey, bears, wolves, ocelots, domestic dogs and even humans. These poisions could even seep into the ground and be washed into our public drinking water via rain.
The federal government should not be allowed to continue its reckless poisoning of wildlife to benefit special interests, especially when many effective, cost-efficient and ecologically sound nonlethal alternatives exist.
We urge the USDA to discontinue the use of these lethal poisions. We shouldn't even have to ask you and waste the time of Congress to pass a bill (H.R. 5643) to prohibit you from destroying wildlife and the environment.
