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Rodenticides are again the focus… We need a solution

Rodenticides are again the focus… We need a solution

Remember how sick P-22 was a few years ago? AB-1788 is now being considered at the CA Assembly but it’s not just P-22 that’s affected… It’s ALL California wildlife Make Your Voice Heard Today because comments are needed by Tues., Mar. 19! A...
Rodenticides are again the focus… We need a solution

Public Awareness Campaign on Rodenticide Use

from Kate Kuykendall (National Park Service) and Charlotte Parry (Santa Monica Mountains Fund) THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — The Santa Monica Mountains Fund is seeking 10,000 community members to sign an online pledge to refrain from using rodent poisons that work...
Rodenticides and Untimely Deaths

Rodenticides and Untimely Deaths

Friends of Griffith Park was recently contacted by Zach Behrens from National Park Service (in partnership with the Santa Monica Mountains Fund) to report on the latest death from ingestion of rodenticides (rat poisons)… a very preventable death. FOR IMMEDIATE...
Who Owns Wildlife? Law and the Birth of the Preservation Movement

Who Owns Wildlife? Law and the Birth of the Preservation Movement

Few people have heard of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, but the idea behind this landmark law reaches back to Roman times and continues to drive contemporary legal debate. The basic question the Treaty addresses is: who owns wildlife? The Romans believed that...
More on Rodenticides in Parkland

More on Rodenticides in Parkland

While the City of Los Angeles grapples with phasing out all rodenticide use, these dangerous substances continue to find their way into Los Angeles parks. Friends of Griffith Park, along with other organizations, have spoken before packed City Council committee...