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TAKE ACTION: AWI is deeply disappointed by the Trump administration’s recent decision to lift a ban on the use of cyanide “bombs,” or M-44 devices, across 245 million acres of Bureau of Land Management lands.
M-44s are spring-loaded devices that are smeared with scented bait to tempt animals to bite down on them. Once triggered, the device sprays sodium cyanide onto the animal’s face, causing an agonizing death. M-44s are used by the federal government to kill predators, primarily coyotes and foxes, largely at the behest of ranchers and farmers.
These devices are profoundly inhumane, and their impacts are not limited to target species. M-44s have also injured people and killed family pets and endangered animals. In one case, a 14-year-old boy, Canyon, and his dog, Kasey, accidentally triggered an M-44 near their home in Idaho, severely injuring Canyon and killing Kasey.
Congress could override the Trump administration's reckless decision by passing Canyon’s Law (H.R. 4180/S. 2179), which would ban the use of M-44s on all public lands.
M-44s are spring-loaded devices that are smeared with scented bait to tempt animals to bite down on them. Once triggered, the device sprays sodium cyanide onto the animal’s face, causing an agonizing death. M-44s are used by the federal government to kill predators, primarily coyotes and foxes, largely at the behest of ranchers and farmers.
These devices are profoundly inhumane, and their impacts are not limited to target species. M-44s have also injured people and killed family pets and endangered animals. In one case, a 14-year-old boy, Canyon, and his dog, Kasey, accidentally triggered an M-44 near their home in Idaho, severely injuring Canyon and killing Kasey.
Congress could override the Trump administration's reckless decision by passing Canyon’s Law (H.R. 4180/S. 2179), which would ban the use of M-44s on all public lands.