Город Калабасас ужесточает запрет на яды и клеевые ловушки для защиты животных

The City of Calabasas is taking a stronger stand on animal protection, expanding its anti-rodenticide resolution to discourage the use of all rodent-killing poisons and glue traps on the market. The City Council’s Aug. 12 resolution replaces one from 2013 opposing anticoagulant rodenticides, and urges against the sale, purchase or use of all rodenticides or glue traps. The city itself has committed to avoiding the deployment of these products in its parks and other facilities. At the same time, the resolution promotes an integrated approach to pest management, including exclusion, sanitation, habitat modification and non-toxic methods of deterring or repelling critters. Anticoagulant rodenticides, which cause internal hemorrhaging when ingested, have drawn scrutiny for the harm they cause. The poisons are mixed with bait to attract rodents, but the tainted food can also draw non-target animals. Pets and wildlife can be poisoned either by consuming the bait directly or by eating rodents that have consumed it. In California, documented victims of rodenticide poisoning include numerous species of hawks, owls and other scavenging birds, as well as predators such as mountain lions, foxes, coyotes, raccoons and skunks. In 2024 a statewide survey by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife detected anticoagulant chemicals in the bodies of 95% of mountain lions and 69% of all non-target wildlife tested. Iconic Los Angeles cougar P-22 was found to be suffering from the effects of rodenticides, among other ailments and injuries, when he was euthanized in 2022. As the Calabasas resolution notes, the state has adopted increasingly restrictive laws on anticoagulant rodenticides—including legislation passed in 2020, 2023 and most recently 2026—“in order to reduce unintended poisoning of wildlife, domestic animals, and non-target species.” Glue traps—which capture animals on a highly adhesive surface from which they cannot escape—are also indiscriminate killers, sometimes ensnaring non-target creatures. According to Calabasas’s resolution, this method of rodent control often causes “prolonged suffering, injury, dehydration, starvation, and death,” raising “humane and ethical concerns.” In adding glue traps to its anti-rodenticide resolution, Calabasas is following the lead of Agoura Hills, which did the same last year. Neither city’s resolution represents an outright ban; instead, they are official statements expressing the cities’ positions and offering guidance to residents and businesses. At the Calabasas council meeting, Randi Feilich, chair of the city’s Environmental Commission, said that toxic rodent control products are still available in Calabasas, despite the progress the state has made in restricting them. “In fact, as of today, you can find a rodenticide on aisle 15 of Albertsons—Tomcat— and this is why this resolution update is so important,” Feilich told the council. “Because having a resolution in hand will give our community an important tool to go ahead and visit businesses and do outreach and education and explain what the alternatives are and how these rodenticides travel up the food chain to our wildlife.” Tomcat is a brand name for a line of consumer rodenticides, including neurotoxicant formulations as well as anticoagulants. The availability of such products illustrates that the environmental impact of rodenticides extends beyond concerns over blood-thinning agents in particular.