Tell Eurobodalla Shire Council to Stop Dismissing the Risk.
Eurobodalla Shire Council uses SGARs inside buildings and has told us it considers this "low risk". But secondary poisoning risk exists regardless of where SGARs are placed — a rodent that consumes bait indoors carries the poison when it leaves the building, or when it is eaten by a native predator. The risk does not stay inside. Send a direct email to the General Manager asking them to stop.
— secondary poisoning risk does not depend on placement location.
"Low risk" — applied to SGARs inside buildings on the edge of national park.
Secondary poisoning of native wildlife
SGARs accumulate in the tissue of poisoned rodents and remain lethal for days. Native predators — powerful owls, wedge-tailed eagles, raptors, quolls, and antechinus — are exposed when they eat affected animals. Research led by Prof. Raylene Cooke and Assoc. Prof. John White at Deakin University has documented SGAR toxins in the livers of native predators across Australia.
Active regulatory review by the APVMA
The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority is currently reviewing SGAR registrations following evidence of widespread non-target harm. Councils continuing to use these products risk being on the wrong side of an emerging regulatory shift.
Effective alternatives already exist
Non-anticoagulant products such as Selontra (colecalciferol) provide effective rodent control with no secondary poisoning risk to native wildlife. Eurobodalla Shire Council can transition away from SGARs entirely — without compromising rodent management outcomes — and eliminate the secondary poisoning risk it has incorrectly characterised as low.