Tell Lachlan Shire Council to Stop Poisoning Wildlife.
Lachlan Shire Council's only planned rodent control program for 2025 is Tomcat All Weather Blox — a product containing bromadiolone, a potent SGAR. Bromadiolone accumulates in native predators through secondary poisoning, threatening the owls, raptors, and wildlife of the Central West. A single product switch is all it takes. Send a direct email to the General Manager asking them to make it.
Bromadiolone as the sole rodent control method in the Lachlan River catchment — one product switch away from SGAR-free.
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. Because Tomcat All Weather Blox is Lachlan Shire's only rodent control program, replacing it with a wildlife-friendly alternative would make the council entirely SGAR-free in a single step.