How Anticoagulant Rodenticide goes up the Food Chain

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Some of this owl family died of anticoagulant rodenticide(AR) poisoning probably after eating a poisoned rodent.   Owls need to live so they can eat rodents and cull their numbers in a natural way.

Photo by Christina Walsh

This bobcat (ABOVE) died a year after this picture of mange and it had anticoagulant rodenticide in its blood.  It probably ate AR infected rodents.

This Mt. Lion died and had anticoagulant rodenticide(AR) in her blood

 

Here is P-22, who could be named Mr. Hollywood, posing near the Hollywood sign in Griffith Park. 

 

Later he was captured for a checkup and they noticed he had mange and that he had anticoagulant rodenticide in his blood.  They managed to cure him.