Modern rodenticides can kill rats with a single dose – but they readily pass up the food chain to larger carnivores, like this bobcat.
They are widely used and largely unregulated.
https://theconversation.com/rat-poison-is-moving-up-through-food-chains-threatening-carnivores-around-the-world-232471
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Rat poison is moving up through food chains, threatening carnivores around the world
Modern rodenticides can kill rats with a single dose and readily pass up the food chain to larger carnivores. They are widely used and largely unregulated.The Conversation
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in reply to The Conversation U.S. • • •Poisoning an animal to death is not only a cruel, cowardly act, but also indiscriminate and wide-reaching. Far too many utterly needless collateral deaths along the way, for a minor and very temporary adjustment in rodent numbers. Just don’t do it.
(Source: veterinary surgeon for decades.)