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> "The US did not sign up to the landmines treaty, but has completely aligned its landmines policy to comply nonetheless." Actually there is a department in th
by nonbel 9y ago
> "The US did not sign up to the landmines treaty, but has completely aligned its landmines policy to comply nonetheless."
Actually there is a department in the US called "wildlife services" that places poison gas landmines all around the country to try controlling coyote populations. Apparently they just show up and place them near peoples property without alerting anyone or putting up warning signs. Every now and then one of them goes off and poisons a person or dog.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/29/521917387/calls-mount-for-ban-on-cyanide-bombs-after-death-of-family-pet http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/29/521917387/...
https://www.predatordefense.org/m44s.htm https://www.predatordefense.org/m44s.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSV8pRLkdKI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSV8pRLkdKI
- justin66 9y agoThose are awful enough, but they are not landmines.