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Hi John,
M-44 devices lure foxes, coyotes, and other animals with a sweet scent — then shoot out poisonous cyanide, sending their victims to a slow, agonizing death.
There's no justification for these cyanide bombs, especially in places like our national forests.
The Center for Biological Diversity just took legal action to ban M-44s there. Please help today with a gift to the Saving Life on Earth Fund.
The U.S. Forest Service has continued to authorize use of these dangerous devices by the government's animal-killing program Wildlife Services.
Last year Wildlife Services poisoned more than 6,500 animals using M-44s. Of these deaths, 156 were unintentional.
Cyanide bombs are used across the country, from New Mexico to Colorado to West Virginia. State agencies in Montana, Texas, and other states use them, too.
There's no excuse or reason for this cruelty to wildlife.
We've been fighting Wildlife Services for years — and winning.
Last year the Center and allies helped get M-44 devices banned on lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
We helped secure strict limits on how and where the program can kill wolves in Idaho — and banned it from using M-44s statewide.
Our latest action is seeking a ban on using M-44s on the lands managed by the Forest Service. Other government agencies, like the National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, have banned M-44s. It's time for the Forest Service to join them.
State by state, agency by agency, we're getting closer to getting cyanide bombs out of the hands of the government.
But there's still more to do, and we won't stop until foxes, bears, coyotes, and even pets are forever safe from these poison bombs.
Please help us win for the wild today by giving to the Saving Life on Earth Fund.
For the wild,
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