Tell Penrith City Council to Stop Poisoning Wildlife.

Penrith City Council is using Ditrac — a brodifacoum-based SGAR — at its facilities. Brodifacoum is one of the most persistent second-generation anticoagulants, accumulating in the tissue of poisoned rodents and remaining lethal to native predators for days. Send a direct email to the General Manager asking them to stop.

Audit Record

NSW SGAR Council Audit — Penrith Updated 27 Feb 2026

SGAR Status

Confirmed User

Brodifacoum (Ditrac) confirmed in use at council facilities. One of the most persistent SGARs in the APVMA review.

Confirmed SGAR Products in Use

Ditrac brodifacoum

Contractor

Not disclosed

LGA Region

Sydney Metro

Why This Matters

One persistent SGAR in council facilities — and an easy transition to make.

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

First-generation anticoagulants (FGARs) and non-anticoagulant products such as Selontra (colecalciferol) provide effective rodent control with substantially lower risk to non-target wildlife. Penrith City Council can transition without compromising its pest management obligations.

Councils that have already made the switch: Blue Mountains, Hornsby, Byron, Camden, Campbelltown, Inner West, Clarence Valley, Kiama, Edward River, and others have all implemented SGAR-free policies. Penrith City Council — a large western Sydney LGA bordering the Blue Mountains — has every reason to remove brodifacoum from its facilities and adopt a SGAR-free position. The Blue Mountains Council has already done exactly this, right next door.

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