Witnesses urge support for H.326 to restrict anticoagulant rodenticides, cite wildlife harms

Members of the Vermont House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, & Forestry heard testimony urging the committee to support H.326, legislation to restrict the use of first- and second‑generation anticoagulant rodenticides in the state.

Laura Ireland, a professor who teaches animal law and policy at Vermont Law and Graduate School, told the committee: "The scientific evidence, is overwhelmingly demonstrates that first and second generation anticoagulant rodenticides are toxic chemicals that are inhumane and pose significant threats to our wildlife and I urge you to support this important legislation." She said the poisons work "by interfering with an animal's ability to clot blood causing a slow and painful death due to internal bleeding." Ireland recommended…