Calif. Gov. Newsom Signs Legislation to Protect Mountain Lions and Other Wildlife From Toxic Rodenticides
September 30, 2020
September 30, 2020
SACRAMENTO, California, Sept. 30 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on Sept. 29:
Governor Gavin Newsom today signed AB 1788 by Assemblymember Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) prohibiting the use of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides which are known to poison mountain lions and other wildlife. Recent studies have found that 96 percent of necropsied mountain lions and more than 80 percent of the raptors studied showed exposure to anticoagulan . . .
Governor Gavin Newsom today signed AB 1788 by Assemblymember Richard Bloom (D-Santa Monica) prohibiting the use of second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides which are known to poison mountain lions and other wildlife. Recent studies have found that 96 percent of necropsied mountain lions and more than 80 percent of the raptors studied showed exposure to anticoagulan . . .