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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.

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!

United Kingdom

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2023-11-22 15:04:50 +0000

121 signs thank you all so much.

2023-10-06 10:47:24 +0100

Thank you to all supporters we're now at 115 signatures

2023-09-27 13:22:43 +0100

Over 110 signatures amazing. Please keep sharing after you sign to spread the word. Thank you all so so much x

2023-09-26 12:01:22 +0100

100 signatures reached

2023-09-26 09:30:30 +0100

We need just 4 more to get to 100 signatures which is totally amazing.... I thank each and everyone of you so far for your continued support. Keep sharing you're awesome x

2023-09-26 05:55:54 +0100

Thank you and well done - so far we have got to 87 signatures, which is absolutely amazing. Please keep sharing, getting the word out there to get Bromethalin banned to stop unnecessary deaths. Thank you again.

2023-09-24 17:47:21 +0100

Well done and thank you to all my supporters for signing so far. Please keep sharing this petition and getting the word out there. Thank you again, it is much appreciated x

2023-09-24 15:25:38 +0100

We are now past 60 signatures - thank you all so much, so pleased.
Let's get it past 70 signatures, this can only happen with your help, keep sharing and signing. You are fantastic xx

2023-09-24 08:27:00 +0100

OMG yes what an amazing start to the day - over 50 signatures.... Thank you to everyone... please keep sharing to get more signatures...
Lets get this to 60 signatures xx

2023-09-24 06:11:18 +0100

50 signatures reached

2023-09-23 15:27:37 +0100

Let's get past 50 signatures....
Well done and thank you to all that has signed. Please keep sharing for me to get some kind of justice šŸ˜˜šŸ’œ RIP Bridget šŸ’”

2023-09-23 09:24:32 +0100

Wowww - more than 42 signatures. You are all amazing, thank you all so much. Keep Sharing thank you xxx

2023-09-22 10:41:23 +0100

We have reached over 27 signatures - whic is truly amazing, but I really need your help to get past 30 signatures. Please sign and share

2023-09-21 19:38:24 +0100

25 signatures reached

2023-09-20 07:39:41 +0100

10 signatures reached