Owls, eagles, magpies, other wildlife and even beloved family pets are being poisoned by harmful rat baits sold in Bunnings stores. Add your name to demand Bunnings remove these dangerous products and protect animals in our community.
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Second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) are causing silent deaths across Australia. These poisons don’t just kill rats — they poison the animals that eat them, including owls, eagles, magpies, other wildlife and even beloved family pets.
Scientists have repeatedly found dangerous levels of SGARs in native birds such as Powerful Owls, Boobooks, Wedge-tailed Eagles and Tawny Frogmouths. While countries like the US, Canada and the EU have restricted public access to these poisons, Australians can still buy them easily, including at Bunnings.
With nearly half of Australia’s DIY hardware market, Bunnings plays a major role in this issue. They already sell safer and effective alternatives. Removing SGARs from their shelves would immediately reduce the risk to wildlife and family pets.
Add your name to call on Bunnings to stop selling these dangerous products and help protect Australia’s native birds and local communities.
Second-generation Anticoagulant Rodenticides are powerful poisons that cause internal bleeding, but they have two key drawbacks when compared with other rodenticides:
Australian and international studies have proven SGARs pose lethal risks to birds. Dangerous levels of SGARs have been found in studies on dead Australian birds including: Powerful Owls, Southern Boobooks, Wedge-tailed Eagles, Tawny Frogmouths, and more.
The public retail sale of SGARs has been regulated in the US, Canada and EU for years.But Australian regulations lag behind, and SGARs are available for anyone to purchase from supermarkets, hardware shops, and online throughout Australia.
Safer alternatives for household use already exist, meaning we simply don’t need SGARs available for retail sale in Australia.
Help give dying birds a voice by contacting our federal decision makers, and helping get silent-killer SGARs under control in Australia!
You can learn more about how SGARs threaten non-target wildlife like native owls, quolls, and family pets, and discover ways you can help.
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