POISON FREE PIONEERS

People are driving progress toward realizing a future free of societal and environmental harm from widespread use of toxic chemicals. The organizations highlighted here are leading the charge through science-informed and socially conscious activism, Learn more through investigating their wealth of practical and educational resources.

Grassroots Organizations

Cities Against Rat Poisons

CARP is an alliance of poison-free organizations in southern California. Its mission is to provide leaders with the tools they need to inspire members of their communities to use alternatives to rodent poisons. It exists to provide education that empowers others to make sustainable change in their communities regarding rodent poisons.

Cities that have Passed Resolutions Opposing Rodent Poisons

Malibu is adjacent to thousands of acres of National, State, County and City Parks and other preserved natural land. Modern supertoxic rodent poisons are spreading throughout the ecosystem causing massive exposure, disease, and death beyond the intended targets. Scientific studies tell us that rodent poisons are a leading cause of death among carnivores. Rodent poisons kill the targeted species, but non-targeted species as well. The animals in the food chain consuming the poisoned rodents include – Golden Eagles, Great-horned Owls, Barn Owls, Hawks, Kestrels, Turkey Vultures, Black bears, Pigs, Fishers, Foxes, Badgers, Snakes, Skunks, Raccoons, Bobcats, Coyotes, Mountain Lions, among others.

Our goal is to have ALL the communities surrounding our mountains taking strong stands against the poisoning that is now occurring. The cities in yellow blocks have passed Resolutions opposing rodent poisons.

Southern California

Agoura Hills 2/12/2014
Calabasas, 9/11/2013
Camarillo, 3/8/2017
Hidden Hills, 3/24/2014
Laguna Beach, 5/26/2020
Malibu, 7/8/2013
Moorpark, 11/6/2013
Ojai, 2/25/2014
Simi Valley, 4/20/2015
Thousand Oaks, 4/14/2015
Westlake Village, 4/23/2014
Whittier, 8/13/2013

Northern California

Woodside, 2/19/2011
Belmont, 10/9/2012
Berkeley, 1/17/2012
Brisbane, 6/3/2013
Woodside, 4/15/2014
El Cerrito, 9/19/2012
Emeryville, 8/21/2012
Fairfax, 9/4/2013
Foster City, 7/15/2013
Humboldt County, 5/14/2013
Marin County, 5/1/2012
Menlo Park, 10/20/2015
Portola Valley, 3/22/2017
Richmond, 2/21/2012
San Anselmo, 3/26/2013
San Francisco (City and County), 12/2/2011
Santa Cruz County, 6/6/2017
Woodside, 3/28/2023

Pesticide Free Localities

We provide a non-exhaustive list of communities that are opting to go poison free:

Wildlife Conservation

Korinna Domingo is founder and director of Cougar Conservancy, a nonprofit based in LA that she hatched from an underserved need to mitigate human-cougar conflict in CA. She co-led efforts to list cougars under CA's Endangered Species Act.

Korinna Domingo Cougar Conservancy

Steve Winter is a wildlife photojournalist helping to conserve species threatened with anthropogenic extinction by raising awareness with revealing artwork. He captured our Hollywood lion, P-22.

Steve Winter National Geographic

Laurel Serieys's doctoral work at UCLA identified key linkages between urbanization, rodenticide poisoning, and disease in SoCal bobcats. Her website provides insights into urban carnivore ecology and advocates going poison free.

Laurel Serieys Urban Carnivores

Miguel Ordeñana is an urban wildlife conservation biologist and community science manager at the Natural History Museum of LA County committed to inspiring and educating young people.

Miguel Ordeñana Natural History Museum

Poison Free Italy

Poison Bait Boxes

Mice and rats go in these boxes, eat the poison, and then go out to get eaten by and poison other animals. They DO NOT die and stay in the boxes! They take up to 10 days to die, making them easy prey.

Scatole di esche avvelenate

Topi e ratti vanno in queste scatole, mangiano il veleno e poi escono per essere mangiati e avvelenare altri animali. NON muoiono e rimangono nelle scatole! Ci vogliono fino a 10 giorni per morire, rendendoli facili prede.

Poisons For Sale
Veleni In Vendita

These poisons that are being sold in stores in Italy have been banned for sale in the United States because they poison wildlife, pets, and children. Trash on the ground, open trash containers and dumpsters supply food to the rats and mice! This is the problem to be solved.

Questi veleni venduti nei negozi in Italia sono stati vietati per la vendita negli Stati Uniti perché avvelenano animali selvatici, animali domestici e bambini.
Cestino per terra, aprire contenitori per rifiuti e cassonetti per fornire cibo a topi e topi! Questo è il problema da risolvere.