In response to the death of a family of owls and other raptors due to SGARS, Suncoast Sierra Club, Friends of Boyd Hill and St. Pete Audubon has launched a campaign to educate the public about the danger of these types of rodenticides.

We recommend home owners, governments and pest control companies, use Integrated Pest Management to control rodents:

1st: Exclude Rodents

2nd: Starve Rodents

3rd: Target Rodents with non-poison methods including snap & electronic traps, Rat-x (available at many stores, including Amazon), contraceptives (like Evolve) and raptors!

4th: As a last resort, use cholecalciferol (Vitamin D3) products for indoor infestations.

☠️Do not use & and ask your pest control company not to use: Brodifacoum, Bromadiolone, Difenacoum, and Difethialone (these are lethal “second generation anticoagulants” often used in bait boxes. They cause illness and death in raptors, other predators and pets when poisoned rodents are eaten).

Additional Resources:

Mass Audubon has a Campaign to Rescue Raptors and many resources on their webpages.

National Audubon has an article about how the public can buy SGARs through the internet - even though they officially are only for licensed pesticide applicators.

Raptors Are the Solution (RATS) educates the public about the dangers of rat and rodent poisons in the food web.

Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine has a 2 page brochure about Rodenticide Toxicity.

Save St. Pete Raptors Campaign Updates:

4/28/2023: Save St. Pete Raptors approached the City of Saint Petersburg in to request the Rodent Control Department to stop using SGARs. The initiative was championed by Councilmember Gina Driscoll and succeeded with the City switching to the salt/gluten option (Rat x).

10/13/2024: Birds for Brews fundraiser raised money for SGAR suspected raptor necropsies, educational materials, and to help a local bird rehabilitation clinic.