Tell the City of Ryde to Lead by Example.
In 2022, City of Ryde led a motion at the LGNSW Annual Conference calling for a statewide ban on SGARs. But through recent correspondence, Animal Liberation has confirmed that Ryde still uses Muskil Dual Active — containing bromadiolone and difenacoum, two potent SGARs — in its own operations. Send a direct email urging the City of Ryde to apply its own advocacy to its own practices.
Ryde called for a statewide ban. It should start in its own operations.
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
The City of Ryde already uses both Racumin (a FGAR) and Selontra (a non-anticoagulant) in its own operations. The infrastructure and contractor relationships for SGAR-free rodent management are already in place. The transition requires a formal policy decision — nothing more.