Wildlife rehabilitators, vets push for ban on second‑generation anticoagulant rodenticides; industry urges restricted use

The Environment Committee heard competing testimony on HB 6915, a bill to prohibit use and sale of second‑generation anticoagulant rodenticides statewide except in limited, documented public‑health emergencies.

Wildlife rehabilitators, nonprofit advocates and several veterinarians described routine encounters with owls, hawks, foxes and other animals that test positive for second‑generation anticoagulant residues. Witnesses said rehabilitation centers’ testing found a very high proportion of raptors and other wildlife sampled contained SGAR compounds; rehabilitators described animals with internal bleeding and other severe…