Laura Kiesel, Arlington resident and founder of the grassroots group Save Arlington Wildlife, organized the gathering, hoping it would allow people to channel their grief into a fight for change. Attendees gathered for a vigil and march to push lawmakers to pass legislation regulating second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides. Two days after MK’s death, about 300 people filled the Arlington Town Hall plaza on a cold and rainy Thursday evening. MK was one of two Eagles nesting in the cemetery, and many in Arlington are hoping the state can take action to further limit rodenticide use. SGARs have long been an issue in Arlington and Massachusetts, causing the deaths of owls, foxes, pets, and several already-endangered eagles. Rodent control does not need to come at the expense of our natural heritage and ecosystem.” “It is time to restrict the use of these poisons.
“We hope her case will serve as a true wake-up call for people to stop using SGARS, and will ultimately lead to true systemic change,” NEWC said in a Facebook post. She died Tuesday evening in what NEWC officials called a “particularly devastating” death. Pleasant Cemetery, was taken to the New England Wildlife Centers’ (NEWC) Cape Cod hospital on Monday after likely eating one to two rats that had already ingested the poison.
MK, who had been nesting with her mate in Arlington’s Mt. “There are companies that do this and have been shown to be very successful in mitigating rodent populations by using these measures without needing to use rodenticides,” she said.Two days after the beloved bald eagle “MK” died from apparently ingesting rat poison, hundreds took to Arlington’s streets to push Massachusetts lawmakers to ban second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs). “There aren’t as many tools in the toolbox even for the professionals anymore, so what is a really good thing that the province has implemented for many reasons, has become challenging and may have some really adverse, negative health impacts.”īrasso told Global News she wants to see second-generation anti-coagulants fully banned, along with the older first-generation class of poisons, and argued the pests can be better controlled by sealing up properties and reducing attractants. “There’s definitely been more mice calls, a lot more challenges,” he said. Londry, who has been in the business for 17 years, said rat and mouse calls used to come primarily in the fall and winter, but are now a year-round effort.
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