Ready.Fire.Aim
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I don't think he's read the label. If he did he'd know the meat was toxic.
SIr, the actual meat isn't of concern for toxicity, it's the hog liver that concentrates warfarin, you would have to literally eat pounds of hog liver daily to have any detrimental impact.
Blue dye added to the product colors the meat so humans know not to consume the animal.
The key factors are Consumption rates ( dosage) , Concentration, and Susceptibility.
Facts:
Warfarin at 0.005 percent (which is the level stated on the “Kaput” label) as a feral hog toxicant has been shown to have a lower level of residue in hog meat, especially in muscle tissue, which is what humans typically consume. One person would have to eat 2.2 pounds of hog liver, where the warfarin is concentrated in the body, to achieve the same exposure as a human would receive in one therapeutic dose of warfarin.”
“Secondary exposure to other animals is low because warfarin in targeted animals (hogs) is generally too low to be toxic to either predator or scavenger.”
“Warfarin has been studied extensively in animals and is practically non-toxic to birds. Due to the insolubility of warfarin in water, there should be no impact on aquatic life.
Non-target wildlife, livestock and domestic pets would have to ingest extremely large quantities over the course of several days to reach a toxic level of warfarin in the bloodstream."
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I realize some will never accept any control product, so no attempt to convince them.
I will responsibly use a product that can reduce this constant amount of large production losses and land repairs from an out of control, feral, non-game animal.
If a safer product than warfarin is found and still effective I will transition to it. Right now this is the only safe, effective option to reduce my notable financial losses.
With respect for different opinions,
RFA
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