Fisher Necropsy Confirms Poisoning

PREVIOUSLY: Dead Fisher Found at Marijuana Cultivation Site Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department press release: The necropsy of the deceased young male adult Fisher located in the marijuana garden in Six Rivers National Forest on 07-31-2013 was recently completed by a scientific team of researchers. The necropsy confirmed suspicions that the Fisher was in fact killed due to Carbamate insecticide poisoning,

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Protecting Pot (and Other Plants) Without Using Rodenticides

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otognB4LdTY] The above video shows a fisher that scientists suspect was poisoned by rodenticides. According to the Youtube caption, “This fisher had four different anticoagulant rodenticides in its tissues: three SGARs (second generation anticoagulant rodenticide) and one first-generation rodenticide.” Recent studies have tied the deaths of wildlife to the use of rodenticides (poisons used to kill rats, mice, etc.) The rodents

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