2023-11-22 15:04:50 +0000
To: The UK Rodenticide Stewardship Government Oversight Group (GOG)
Ban the Rodenticide Bromethalin
I am writing to you to bring to your attention and action on my behalf, as I am asking for a ban on the sale of Bromethalin, a deadly Rodenticide which killed my dog.
There is no antidote for Bromethalin.
Should it be wrongly ingested by another subject such as other wildlife, dogs, cats even humans, Bromethalin destroys the nervous system, so unless treated extremely quickly, death, sadly is inevitable.
There is no antidote for Bromethalin.
Should it be wrongly ingested by another subject such as other wildlife, dogs, cats even humans, Bromethalin destroys the nervous system, so unless treated extremely quickly, death, sadly is inevitable.
Why is this important?
We need to ban the sale and use of the rodenticide Bromethalin, as there are no antidote should it be unfortunately ingested by an unintended animal or even human.
Unfortunately, the story doesn't end there with using this type of Rodenticide. Obviously intended to humanely kill rats and mice but it is anything but humanely. The rodents don't always make it back to their nests. Sometimes, they die on the way. Death attracts other animals who then in turn will eat some of the poisoned animal, they now unbeknown are on their death sentence of no fault of their own.
Little did my husband know, that our own beloved dog sadly suspected ingested some on her early morning walk at a local park. She became ill directly after. She was rushed to an out-of-hours veterinary surgery. She showed all the symptoms of being poisoned - excessively salivating, seizures, eye twitching, delirious, head swelling and green diarrhea. After suffering multiple seizures all day, our beloved girl died after enduring a cardiac arrest. We were told by the vet, that she didn't have any internal bleeding so it confirms again the suspicions of this type of rodentcide was left on the grass in the park.
Unlike anticoagulant rodenticides which cause internal bleeding, should they be accidentally ingested, the patient can be given vitamin k which clots the blood after their stomach being pumped and charcoal being administered by a vet.
This park is a well known dog walking park and also, where children play but also the FA have many childrens football tournaments and matches, whereby the children tackle and slide along the grass.
I therefore, kindly ask for your help to ban the sale and use of Bromethalin Rodenticide, which is freely being sold on the internet on sites such as Amazon.
No antidote no survival, so shouldn't be on sale. Together we can work on getting it banned!
Unfortunately, the story doesn't end there with using this type of Rodenticide. Obviously intended to humanely kill rats and mice but it is anything but humanely. The rodents don't always make it back to their nests. Sometimes, they die on the way. Death attracts other animals who then in turn will eat some of the poisoned animal, they now unbeknown are on their death sentence of no fault of their own.
Little did my husband know, that our own beloved dog sadly suspected ingested some on her early morning walk at a local park. She became ill directly after. She was rushed to an out-of-hours veterinary surgery. She showed all the symptoms of being poisoned - excessively salivating, seizures, eye twitching, delirious, head swelling and green diarrhea. After suffering multiple seizures all day, our beloved girl died after enduring a cardiac arrest. We were told by the vet, that she didn't have any internal bleeding so it confirms again the suspicions of this type of rodentcide was left on the grass in the park.
Unlike anticoagulant rodenticides which cause internal bleeding, should they be accidentally ingested, the patient can be given vitamin k which clots the blood after their stomach being pumped and charcoal being administered by a vet.
This park is a well known dog walking park and also, where children play but also the FA have many childrens football tournaments and matches, whereby the children tackle and slide along the grass.
I therefore, kindly ask for your help to ban the sale and use of Bromethalin Rodenticide, which is freely being sold on the internet on sites such as Amazon.
No antidote no survival, so shouldn't be on sale. Together we can work on getting it banned!
