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posted by on Sunday April 16 2017, @05:46PM   Printer-friendly
from the now-with-nerve-gas! dept.

The USDA will stop using sodium cyanide "bombs" in Idaho (at least temporarily) following an incident that put a 14-year-old in the hospital and killed his dog:

About a month after an anti-predator device spit sodium cyanide in the face of an unsuspecting boy and killed his dog, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced it is ending its use of the M-44 mechanisms in Idaho indefinitely.

"We take seriously the incident in Idaho," Jason Suckow, western regional director of the USDA's Wildlife Services agency, told conservation groups in a letter Monday. "We immediately responded by removing all M-44s from the area, initiating an inquiry into the incident, and launching a review of current [Wildlife Services] operating procedures."

Suckow noted the agency has "removed all M-44s currently deployed on all land ownerships in Idaho" and has refrained from planting new ones.


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  • (Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Sunday April 16 2017, @09:54PM (2 children)

    by Joe Desertrat (2454) on Sunday April 16 2017, @09:54PM (#494964)

    That stuff is purposely misleading nonsense from people who think these deadly beasts are cute little doggies.

    They are and have been part of nature for hundreds of thousands if not millions of years. The war on coyotes is just part of the war on predators, and any other animal which might cut into rancher profits, that are a disgusting holdover from the 1800's.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 17 2017, @04:38PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 17 2017, @04:38PM (#495316)

    As soon as a kid is smart enough to stay out of the street, it should be safe to leave them outside. Kids should be able to play.

    Any creature that would interfere needs to be eliminated. That includes animals, criminals, and toxic plants.