Sign this petition to demand a FULL nationwide ban on M-44 "cyanide bombs" – indiscriminate poison devices that have maimed children, slaughtered pets, and decimated wildlife for decades. In 2025, these traps are STILL legal in at least 10 states, lurking on public lands and private property like silent assassins. It's time to end this madness – support Canyon's Law and make America cyanide-free! Imagine hiking with your family or walking your dog on public land – a place meant for joy and freedom. Suddenly, a hidden spring-loaded trap explodes, blasting lethal sodium cyanide into an innocent mouth. Death comes in minutes: gasping, convulsing, heart exploding from oxygen starvation. This isn't a dystopian nightmare. This is the M-44 cyanide device, deployed by USDA Wildlife Services to "control" predators like coyotes. But it doesn't discriminate – it kills anyone or anything that bites the bait. The Victims Speak Louder Than the Lobbyists: Canyon Mansfield, 14 (2017, Idaho BLM land): Watched his beloved dog Kasey die in agony after triggering an M-44 just 400 feet from home. Canyon inhaled cyanide fumes, suffering lifelong health scars. He barely survived – wind direction saved him.  
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 His story birthed Canyon's Law – bills H.R. 4180 and S. 2179, introduced June 26, 2025, to ban these bombs on ALL public lands.  
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Over 10,000 animals killed in 2023-24 alone – coyotes, foxes, eagles, bears, even endangered golden eagles. Non-target slaughter.  
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January 2025 tragedy: A 77-year-old goldsmith died after ingesting potassium gold cyanide – a close cousin to M-44's sodium cyanide – mistaking it for a supplement. One white powder, 8.5 hours of hell, then gone.  
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 Cyanide doesn't forgive accidents. 
Human exposures: At least 3 since 2018, including kids and hunters. Pets? Hundreds dead – dogs foaming at the mouth, birds dropping from the sky.  
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The Hypocrisy Burns: These odorless, tasteless killers – dosing 50-200 mg (a rice grain) for instant histotoxic hypoxia – are EPA-registered since 1947.  epa.gov
 Banned on BLM's 245 million acres (2024 MOU), National Parks, Refuges, and states like CA, OR, WA, ID.  
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 Yet in 2025, they're greenlit in TX, MT, WY, NM, SD – and FY2025 funding fights rage on.  
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 Big Ag lobbies pour millions to keep the poison flowing, claiming "livestock protection." But science screams: M-44s are ineffective, inhumane, and a public menace.  
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 Potassium Silver Cyanide: The Hidden Twin Threat
While M-44s bomb the wild, potassium silver cyanide (KAg(CN)₂) – a white, salt-like powder – plates your iPhone circuits and wedding rings in unregulated factories worldwide. Same kill mechanism: Blocks cellular oxygen in <10 minutes. LD50? 50 mg/kg – deadly via skin, breath, or sip.  
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 EPA demands spill reports for just 1 pound, yet global production hits 10,000 tons/year with zero public tracking.  
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 One factory leak? Mass casualty. We've seen it: Chronic spills in mining and plating ops poison water, air, communities.  
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 Demand registries and bans – cyanide has no place in our supply chain. The 2025 Tipping Point:
Canyon's Law is stalled in committee – H.R. 4180 (House) and S. 2179 (Senate) need YOUR roar to pass.  

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 FY2025 budget riders could defund M-44s entirely.  
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 But without mass pressure, lobbyists win. 99.9% of public comments to EPA in past reviews screamed "BAN!" – yet they reauthorized.  
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 What We Demand: Pass Canyon's Law NOW: Ban M-44s on ALL public and federal lands. 

Defund USDA Wildlife Services' cyanide ops in FY2025 budget – redirect to humane, effective predator control (fencing, guard dogs, non-lethal tech). 
National Cyanide Registry: Track potassium silver cyanide and all CN compounds like explosives – public access, spill alerts, factory audits. 
Global Standards: Pressure trading partners (China, India) for plating safety; EPA to revoke sodium cyanide registrations.

This Isn't Protection – It's Poisoning Our Future. Families picnic where death lurks. Hikers breathe free until they don't. Pets wag tails into traps. Wildlife – our balance – bleeds out for profit. Cyanide is a relic of the 1940s. Ban it in 2025. Sign if you refuse to let "progress" mean poison. Share with every pet lover, hiker, parent, and patriot. Tag your reps. Together, we end this. Sources: CDC Toxicological Profile [NCBI]; NOAA CAMEO Chemicals; EPA Reregistration; Predator Defense; Congress.gov (Canyon's Law bills); PubMed (2025 cyanide death). Full links in comments. #BanM44 #CanyonsLaw #CyanideBombs #ToxicTruth2025 #EndThePoison

PETITION GOAL: 100,000 signatures