We passed a resolution against the sale, purchase and use rat poisons that bioaccumulate and harm our helpful predators & non-target animals in the city.
This was a long time coming. When we started Ferndale Rat Patrol we did so with the explicit promise to use & promote better solutions to rat elimination, and we have been incredibly successful as a grassroots resident movement. This is one further step, and commits the city to using better solutions at a municipal level. We will be investing in a municipal rat mitigation program that uses methods that do not perpetuate & bioaccumulate in the environment, and that are more effective & proactive at addressing rat issues.
Body of the resolution below:
A RESOLUTION OPPOSING THE SALE, PURCHASE AND USE OF ANTICOAGULANT RODENTICIDES IN FERNDALE
The City Council of the City of Ferndale does hereby find, order, and resolve as follows: That anticoagulant rodenticides are poisonous bait products that are available to the public used to combat the infestation of rodents in commercial and residential properties, and
Anticoagulant rodenticides are used as bait which rodents ingest, causing lethal internal hemorrhaging that typically leads to death, and
Pets and wildlife may also become sick or die from ingesting rodenticides directly or due to secondary exposure after consuming the dead or dying rodents, and
The City Council urges businesses in Ferndale to no longer use or sell anticoagulant rodenticides, and
The City Council urges all property owners to cease purchasing or using anticoagulant, and
The City Council directs the City of Ferndale City Manager and the Director of Public Works not to use anticoagulant rodenticides as part of its maintenance programs for City-owned parks and facilities or and further directs that if any such use is determined to be required that a written report explaining the need for such use shall be provided to City Council.
Therefore, be it resolved, that Mayor Melanie Piana, on behalf of the Ferndale City Council, recognize the use of anticoagulant pesticides are harmful to our community environment. The City’s DPW shall discourage use of anticoagulants and serve as a model in promoting alternative means of pest control on public property.
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