Untold numbers of anonymous California wildlife succumb to disease and death every year due to continued environmental exposure to rodenticide.
Despite evidence of escalating harm, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation’s current proposal would roll back existing restrictions on usage of the most toxic rat poisons. These rollbacks would allow increased rodenticide usage at more than 100,000 new locations statewide, including roadways, parks and wildlife areas.
Read the full Los Angeles Times op-ed by guest contributor Tony Tucci:
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-01-13/rat-poisons-mountain-lions
