AUGUST 9,
2019
US President
Donald Trump's administration has re-authorized the use of controversial poison
traps known as "cyanide bombs" to kill wild foxes, coyotes and feral
dogs despite overwhelming opposition from conservation groups.
The devices,
known as M-44s, which are implanted in the ground and resemble lawn sprinklers,
use a spring-loaded ejector to release sodium cyanide when an animal tugs on
its baited capsule holder.
The
government halted the use of the devices last year after one of them was
responsible for injuring a boy and killing his dog in Idaho.
The family
has also filed a case against the federal government.
The decision
to re-instate their use was announced in the Federal Register earlier this
week, and met with outrage by environmental groups that
led a campaign to flood the Environmental Protection Agency with more than
20,000 letters.
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