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Article: HSUS Condemns National Park Service Aerial Poisoning Plan; NPS Plan Would Indiscriminately Poison Wildlife on Anacapa Island
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- November 7, 2001
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Humane Society of the
United States, the nation's largest animal protection organization,
today condemned a decision by the National Park Service (NPS) to
institute aerial poisoning of black rats on Anacapa Island, part of
the Channel Islands National Park.
The Park Service announced that it plans to proceed with the
poisoning beginning December 1, 2001, despite knowing that
substantial non-target mortalities will occur and that such a plan
is in violation of federal law.
The Park Service announced last year that it planned to use the
rodenticide Brodifacoum to eradicate the black rats on Anacapa
Island. The Park Service believes that ...