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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.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 16 2017, @10:04PM
Well, the "guy in a video on youtube" was presented as a former employee that got fired because he wouldn't take part in such practices. It seemed legit to me, but I guess I don't know for sure. There is another story in the video about Wildlife Services capturing domestic dogs and feeding them these bombs on purpose.