A new study found that rodenticides are poisoning bald eagles, our national bird, at an alarming rate. Shockingly, researchers at the University of Georgia found that 83 percent of bald eagles and 77 percent of golden eagles tested positive for these everyday mouse/rat poisons.

Many scientific studies show that if these products do not kill an animal outright, they will cause slow bleeding to death, along with birth defects, and weakening of the immune system. Unintended victims of these poisons include hawks, owls, foxes, mountain lions, bobcats, domestic pets and many other non-targeted animals.

All this proves is that it is time for Massachusetts to follow California’s groundbreaking lead by putting a statewide ban on these deadly anticoagulant mouse/rat poisons. California’s bill prohibits most uses of rodenticide poisons which are harming animals throughout California (and other states).