"Cyanide bombs" against foxes, wild dogs, coyotes and more. The Trump administration has again authorized the use of poison traps, despite clear opposition from animal rights activists.
"Cyanide bombs" against foxes, wild dogs, coyotes and more. The Trump administration has again authorized the use of poison traps, despite clear opposition from animal rights activists.
They are also said "Cyanide bombs"These are devices known as M-44 that are implanted in the ground and resemble lawn sprinklers, use a spring-loaded ejector to release sodium cyanide when an animal removes its lure capsule holder.
Real traps that are often used by Wildlife Services, a federal agency of the United States Department of Agriculture that each year gives the green light to the killing of wild animals for the benefit of farmers and ranchers who complain about the high numbers and attacks on livestock.
In 2018, the federal agency says it killed 6500 animals with the M-44s including more than 200 "non-target" animals, including possum, skunks and a bear.
Suspended after an accident
Last year, the government suspended the use of cyanide bombs after one of these traps injured a boy and killed his dog.
In 2017, Canyon Mansfield was hiking with his dog in the woods behind his family's Idaho home when the dog inadvertently set off a cyanide trap. The boy's family later filed an appeal against the federal government. The case had angered the nation and the federal agency had declared the stop. But now it starts again despite over 20 letters of protest have arrived against Trump's decision.
Pets are also at risk, says the Center for Biological Diversity, which is one of the main opponents of M-44s, according to which many more animals have been killed in recent years.
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