District of North Vancouver council has voted to ban the use of anticoagulant rodenticides in all district facilities and district lands.
The rodenticides are type of poison used to control pests such as mice and rats.
A new pest management policy was approved by Council on Monday, December 7 and takes effect immediately.
Anticoagulant rodenticide baits are commonly used to manage pests such as mice and rats, and are known to cause prolonged suffering in the animals who ingest them.
They also cause illness and death among animals such as owls, hawks, and eagle that eat the poisoned rodents.
The goal of the new policy is to significantly reduce or eliminate the reliance on these rodenticides, DNV says.
DNV’s new pest management policy will outline the steps that a qualified pest management professional must take to manage pests on district properties.
If lethal control is ultimately required, the qualified professional can recommend trapping or other forms of population control that doesn’t rely on anticoagulant baits.
The new DNV policy does allow for the use of rodenticide under very limited situations, such as where there is a risk to the building or occupants.
In these cases, a permit to use anticoagulant baits will be need to be applied.
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