Tell Lismore City Council to Stop Poisoning Wildlife.
Lismore City Council's contractor Flick uses three SGAR products — Ditrac (brodifacoum), Contrac (bromadiolone), and Generation First Strike (difethialone). Difethialone is among the most acutely toxic SGARs available. These products accumulate in native predators including koalas, owls, and raptors through secondary poisoning. Send a direct email to the General Manager asking them to stop.
Three SGARs in use across Lismore — including difethialone, the most acutely toxic in the class.
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. Lismore City Council can direct Flick to replace all three SGAR products with wildlife-friendly alternatives — a straightforward contract specification update.