Bill Would Ban Deadly
Compound 1080 & M-44s
Brooks Fahy (l) & Dennis &
Dorothy
Slaugh (r)
meet with
Representative
Peter DeFazio
on
Capital Hill in June.
Dennis is
suffering severe, long-term
health affects from M-44
poisoning.
Your support of H.R. 4775 will protect humans and pets and help restore the natural predator balance
June 2008 - We've been hard at work on the Compound 1080 and M-44 Elimination Act, H.R. 4775, and are pleased to announce it was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Congressman Peter DeFazio on December 18, 2007. We're currently working to expand cosponsorship of the bill within the House of Representatives to ensure a committee hearing and move it forward.
We encourage you to learn more about the bill below, follow the links to a wealth of information on M-44 cyanide devices and Compound 1080 poison, and take action in every way you can.
- Bill to Eliminate Compound 1080 & M-44s Introduced in House - Dec. 18, 2007 press release
- Why we need this bill - an essay titled "Two Killers That Need to Go "
- Read the bill, view cosponsors, find committees that will hear the bill, and learn its current status on either the Open Congress or Library of Congress websites
- Learn more about M-44s and Compound 1080
Compound 1080 Suspected in Dog's Death
May 2008 - Brooke and Cliff Everest of Bozeman, MT, lost their beloved dog, an American Brittany named Bea, whiile on a rafting trip on the White River in Utah. Bea suffered the agonizing and classic symptoms of Compound 1080 poisoning after an encounter with a sheep carcass. Read press release and letter from owners.
How You Can Help
With your help—writing letters, making phone calls, or making a donation—we can ban these deadly agents:
- Urge your Representative to cosponsor H.R. 4775
- Get involved. Join Predator Defense today.