The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has now, again, approved cyanide bomb (or M44) use on public lands even though they inhumanely and indiscriminately kill thousands of animals beyond the livestock predators they are targeting every year, and they have a history of severely injuring people. Earlier this year, the EPA issued a proposed interim decision renewing sodium cyanide registration and opened a public comment period. More than 99.9 percent of comments urged the EPA to ban M-44s, according to an analysis by the Center for Biological Diversity and Western Environmental Law Center. Under the new decision, the cyanide bombs requires notification of people living within 600 feet of the bomb rather than a half-mile, It also reverts to a shorter distance the devices can be placed from roads or pathways than proposed in a revised regulation and decreased the distance from the device that warning signs should be placed than stipulated in the proposed regulation. M-44s temporarily blinded a child and killed three family dogs in two incidents in Idaho and Wyoming in 2017. More than 200 deaths were recorded among nontarget animals, including foxes, opossums, raccoons, skunks and a bear.
- Anderson to Seek Seat on Jackson Town Council - April 3, 2024
- Victor Homicide Suspect Charged With Two Murders - December 4, 2023
- Homicide Suspect in Custody- Child’s Body Recovered - December 2, 2023