For more than a decade, Friends of Griffith Park (FoGP) has sponsored the testing of raptors and mammals found dead in...
Adding Snakes to the Long List of Animals Poisoned by Rodenticides
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Rodenticides Articles
No Such Thing as a “Safe Poison”
News Flash: UPDATE ON AB 1322 / Nov. 1, 2023 On Oct. 13, 2023 Gov. Newsom signed this legislation into law...
At Long Last: Passage of AB 1788, the California Ecosystems Protection Act
The long struggle to reduce the use of second generation rodenticides in California reached its final chapter as Gov....
AB 1788 UPDATE
SIGN PETITION TO GOVERNOR NEWSOM AT BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE! In August, 2019, AB 1788 legislation targeting dangerous...
AB 1788 Talking Points
Currently AB 1788 has passed through all CA Assembly committees and Assembly floor hurdle. It's now before the final...
AB 1788 Information UPDATE
Now that this legislation has moved out of the CA State Assembly, the next step will be the Senate... It's easy to...
Let’s eliminate the poisons that are KILLING OUR WILDLIFE!
CA Rodenticides Bill AB 1788 has passed the first committee ...but your comments are still needed as this bill is now...
Rodenticides are again the focus… We need a solution
Remember how sick P-22 was a few years ago? AB-1788 is now being considered at the CA Assembly but it's not just P-22...
Breaking the Poison Chain
Friends of Griffith Park has carried out considerable behind-the-scene efforts to encourage the Department of...
Anticoagulant Exposure in Bobcats Can Have Surprising Effects
Rat poisons don't just kill rats; they kill wildlife too. Wildlife species are exposed to anticoagulant rat poisons...
Public Awareness Campaign on Rodenticide Use
from Kate Kuykendall (National Park Service) and Charlotte Parry (Santa Monica Mountains Fund) THOUSAND OAKS, Calif....
Rodenticides and Untimely Deaths
Friends of Griffith Park was recently contacted by Zach Behrens from National Park Service (in partnership with the...
The Western Gray Squirrel — Will They Survive in Griffith Park?
The results of the first genetics study on Western gray squirrel (gray) in California were recently released,...
NORDIC NOIR LA at the Greek Theatre on Sept. 25th
SPECIAL VIP RECEPTION BEGINS AT 6 pm On September 25th, Internationally recognized film composer, Jacob Groth (The...
Lions, and Tigers, and Bears, Oh My!
"Oh, my!" exclaimed the little kids gathered around our table at the zoo as they looked at the photo of an emaciated,...
Jeff Sikich’s Feb. 25th Lecture Focuses on Mountain Lion Populations in LA
Jeff Sikich knows mountain lion P-22 better than anyone. He first captured P-22 in March 2012 in order to place...
Who Owns Wildlife? Law and the Birth of the Preservation Movement
Few people have heard of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, but the idea behind this landmark law reaches back to...
More on Rodenticides in Parkland
While the City of Los Angeles grapples with phasing out all rodenticide use, these dangerous substances continue to...
Rodenticides — The Legislative Front
First published in Griffith Park Reporter/Winter 2014-15 Friends of Griffith Park has been vocal in asking the City...
Preventing a “Silent Spring’
How Griffith Park neighbors can help put an end to the pesticide poisoning of wildlife The 50th Anniversary of Silent...
Highlights of Year 2013
During 2013, Friends of Griffith Park have continued to make extraordinary things happen! Supporting special...
The Unintentional Consequences of Rat Bait
Wildlife continues to be threatened by these potent toxins: Brodifacoum, Bromadiolone, Difenacoum, and Difethialone....