Local wildlife—eagles, owls, foxes, coyotes, just to name a few—keeps our ecosystem in balance by reducing rodent populations. But rodent poisons (specifically second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides or SGARs) harm a shocking number of these animals after they eat poisoned rodents. SGARs can also harm children and pets who eat the poison itself. 

We are a group of Gloucester residents committed to ending the use of rat poisons that harm raptors and other wildlife. Alongside Mass Audubon and other wildlife advocates, we are working toward reducing the use of rodenticides in Gloucester and across Massachusetts. 

Sign the statewide petition from Mass Audubon before September 30,
2026 to tell legislators we want to
phase out the use of anticoagulant
rodent poisons in Massachusetts
(just like Rhode Island did recently!)