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Rat poison from pot farms poisoning owls, study finds
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | January 11, 2018 | Peter Fimrite

Posted on 01/11/2018 3:46:22 PM PST by artichokegrower

Rat poison from marijuana farms appears to be sickening and possibly killing owls, fouling wildlife habitat and allowing rodents to spread contamination through large swaths of Northern California’s most famous cannabis-growing region, University of California researchers said in a report published Thursday.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: cannabis
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Rodenticide was found in seven of 10 northern spotted owls


The environmental activists shut down all of the northern California timber industry and a big chunk of the industry from Oregon to British Columbia. Small rural towns dried up and went away after the mills shut down. These same activist are strangely quite about the environmental havoc the marijuana growers are causing.

1 posted on 01/11/2018 3:46:22 PM PST by artichokegrower
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To: TheStickman; T-Bone Texan; dainbramaged; beaversmom

For your interest.


2 posted on 01/11/2018 3:47:08 PM PST by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: artichokegrower

Bet they didn’t see that coming!


3 posted on 01/11/2018 3:48:17 PM PST by Parmy
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To: artichokegrower

Wildlife or Weed ,D’oh you know what they want


4 posted on 01/11/2018 3:49:25 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: artichokegrower

Too bad.


5 posted on 01/11/2018 3:49:27 PM PST by Jonny7797
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To: artichokegrower

On no. What do they do now. Protect the endangered owls or protect the MJ plants?


6 posted on 01/11/2018 3:49:29 PM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: artichokegrower

Just like the carnage that the windmill farms produce...


7 posted on 01/11/2018 3:50:19 PM PST by kosciusko51
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To: artichokegrower

Rats eat marijuana?


8 posted on 01/11/2018 3:50:50 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: artichokegrower

One would think that these rats, as part of the environment-loving evolution of species, would respect their fellows.


9 posted on 01/11/2018 3:51:07 PM PST by Scrambler Bob (All posts are /s, unless otherwise specified.)
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To: artichokegrower

Send special operators after the illegal growers.


10 posted on 01/11/2018 3:51:35 PM PST by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: Zuben Elgenubi

Maybe they are targeting other rodents such as wabbits, which certainly eat all kinds of sprouts.


11 posted on 01/11/2018 3:52:05 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: Jonny7797

Yeah,it is too bad.

Owls kill rodents.

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12 posted on 01/11/2018 3:52:14 PM PST by Mears
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To: artichokegrower

Well it is in cali, the obvious answer is to put a tax on the rats until the owls quit eating them...that’ll show ‘em!


13 posted on 01/11/2018 3:53:37 PM PST by SteveinSATX (Anti-liberalism 24/7)
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“...killing owls...”

Now they’ve done it...Al Gore is gonna be all over their butts!!!!!!


14 posted on 01/11/2018 3:53:59 PM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: artichokegrower

Wait ...

... what?


15 posted on 01/11/2018 3:54:49 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Benedict McCain is the worst traitor ever to wear the uniform of the US military.)
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To: artichokegrower

When two liberal causes collide. Cue the MJ Popcorn GIF


16 posted on 01/11/2018 3:55:13 PM PST by LukeL
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To: butlerweave

hard to tax wildlife


17 posted on 01/11/2018 3:56:10 PM PST by Nailbiter
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To: Slyfox

They’re fine with wind generation destroying avian populations, AND neighborhood cats..


18 posted on 01/11/2018 3:56:29 PM PST by txhurl (Banana Republicans, as far as the eye can see)
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To: artichokegrower

Marijuana clears clogged pipes.


19 posted on 01/11/2018 3:57:25 PM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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Why would marijuana farms use any more of this raticide than all the rest of the farms? Rats don’t eat weed do they? What are these rats feeding upon?


20 posted on 01/11/2018 3:57:41 PM PST by arrogantsob (Check out "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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