The Rat Poison Problem: How Rodenticides Are Harming Wildlife, Pets, and People

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The Rat Poison Problem: How Rodenticides Are Harming Wildlife, Pets, and People

w/ Laura Kiesel 

Climate change, a construction boom, and increased human density have led to a dramatic rise in rats. Rat poison usually is the main method for dealing with the problem. But these poisons are killing our local wildlife, including sensitive species like bald eagles and snowy owls, as well as endangering pets and young children. At the same time, these poisons are not actually proving at all effective in reducing rodents. In this presentation, Laura Kiesel, wildlife biologist, naturalist, conservation advocate, environmental journalist and founder of Save Arlington Wildlife will partner with Raptors Are the Solution (RATS) to review facts about rodenticides and their effects on our health and the environment, while offering practical solutions people can undertake to protect their local communities from these dangerous poisons that will have positive ripple effects for the entire ecosystem.

Academically trained as a wildlife biologist, Laura Kiesel is a naturalist, conservation advocate, and award-winning environmental journalist. Her bylines have appeared in Salon, the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, Earth Island Journal, Science, Inside Climate News, The Atlantic, and many other outlets. She is the founder of Save Arlington Wildlife, which advocates for restrictions to dangerous rodenticides and seeds grassroots campaigns focusing on the issue in communities around Massachusetts.  

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