Comments on: Rat Poisons Aren’t Selective

By: A Snapshot of Wildlife in the Canyon: Fall of 2020 - Urban Edge Wildlife

A Snapshot of Wildlife in the Canyon: Fall of 2020 - Urban Edge Wildlife — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 14:42:13 +0000

[…] first mountain lion I wrote about was “Slim”, she died after she ingested second-generation rodenticide. After her death, other lions occasionally ventured into the canyon. That changed in August when […]

By: Life Stories of Two Canyon Mountain Lions - Urban Edge Wildlife

Life Stories of Two Canyon Mountain Lions - Urban Edge Wildlife — Mon, 23 Sep 2019 12:58:44 +0000

[…] and riddled with sarcoptic mange—both are classic signs of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticide poisoning. Some months earlier she must have eaten an animal who had consumed poisoned bait or ate another […]

By: Marilyn Krieger

Marilyn Krieger — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 19:20:11 +0000

In reply to Constanza. I love what you're doing with the colony, am so glad you're making sure NOT to use poisons. Thank you, you're colony is a wonderful model for other groups to emulate.

By: Constanza

Constanza — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 19:03:52 +0000

I love this webpage.
Thanks for doing this!

– coco

By: Constanza

Constanza — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 19:00:32 +0000

Thank you for publishing this Marilyn. A lot of work went into this. I learned a lot. I am going to share this with my friends in the north bay where we experience the same problems.
I spoke to the owner of an extermination company in San Rafael and he said his customers preferred not to use poison. He uses snap traps inside the black boxes that paws and hands cannot get into.
I was calling him because we have a career cat colony there at a historic country mansion on 33 acres at a private Elks Lodge and everyone was concerned about our raptors, cats, foxes, all the mesopredators. Dogs, coyotes, etc.
We have gone green and are using cats and owls for rodent control. We have a long history with barn cats. They get a square meal and water everyday with 14 volunteer cat butlers. They have indoor-outdoor access to the mansion, Carriage House, pool cabana buildings, and all the historic outbuildings. It’s a great place to live in the Secret Garden with protection from predators.

By: Marilyn Krieger

Marilyn Krieger — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 13:48:44 +0000

In reply to Benita Zimmerman. Thank you Benita.

By: Benita Zimmerman

Benita Zimmerman — Wed, 24 Apr 2019 05:58:22 +0000

Thank you so much Marilyn for making everyone aware of this disturbing problem in the canyon… i can not fathom how any human can be so insensitive and cruel to want to put rat poison out in a wildlife habitat like this canyon or others. Let’s stop this now! Thanks for being so proactive in educating everyone on this problem. hope we can end this before any other wildlife die senselessly