Reduce Rodenticides in Chicago

Paula Chmiel

Target:

Mayor, City Council Members, Head of Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation’s Bureau of Rodent Control

Signatures:

1,864

10,000

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Petition

We petition the Mayor, City Council and Department of Streets and Sanitation to try some of the new methods out there and reduce spending on ineffective rodenticides.
REDUCE THE RODENTICIDE BUDGET BY 20% THIS YEAR AND USE THAT MONEY FOR PILOT STUDIES OF CONTRACEPTIVES, CARBON MONOXIDE, AND/OR OTHER METHODS OF PREVENTION AND DETERRENCE.

Petition background

The Chicago budget season is upon us. There is a boatload of money budgeted for rodenticide. These have been the key to Chicago’s rat-fighting efforts - and they don’t work. Chicago was just named the rattiest city in the country -again!!

Rodenticide kills birds. The two owls pictured plus a third - Lincoln Park’s owl family that was seen and loved by so many this year - all were killed by rodenticide this summer. So was Flaco, NYC’s beloved owl. Their prey is full of toxic rodenticide.

Read about a sensible position and the research it is based on here.

We signed: Reduce Rodenticides in Chicago

Alicia

Chicago, IL

Sat, 2024-11-02 11:22

#1114

Margaret

Evanston, IL

Sat, 2024-11-02 11:20

#1113

Marcia

Chicago, IL

Sat, 2024-11-02 11:18

#1112

Donna

Orland Park, IL

Sat, 2024-11-02 11:18

#1111

Ben

Chicago, IL

Sat, 2024-11-02 11:15

#1110

Lauren

EVANSTON, IL

Sat, 2024-11-02 11:13

#1109

Casey

Chicago, IL

Sat, 2024-11-02 11:08

#1108

ELLEN

Chicago, IL

Sat, 2024-11-02 11:03

#1107

Leah

Chicago, IL

Sat, 2024-11-02 11:02

#1106

Tom

Skokie, IL

Sat, 2024-11-02 10:58

#1105

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