Oregon outlaws use of so-called ‘cyanide bombs’

Oregon outlaws use of so-called ‘cyanide bombs’

The M-44, a spring-loaded device filled with cyanide used to kill predators, is no longer welcome in Oregon. On Monday, Gov. Kate Brown signed a law banning the devices, called “cyanide bombs” by some of their detractors, chief among them Brooks Fahy of Eugene, executive director of Predator Defense. Feds kill wolf in Wallowa County on private land with cyanide trap
A gray wolf was killed on private land in Wallowa County by a controversial cyanide device used by the U.S. Department of Agriculture

The ban, Senate Bill 580, bans all sodium cyanide-dispersing devices used for predator control in Oregon.

Source: www.oregonlive.com