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I live in Idaho. A couple years ago a boy and his dog where walking in the foothills near their house and ran into one. It killed the dog and nearly killed the
by drew-y 7y ago
I live in Idaho. A couple years ago a boy and his dog where walking in the foothills near their house and ran into one. It killed the dog and nearly killed the kid. These are a terrible idea. They should especially never be placed so close to a city like it was in this case.
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- dmix 7y ago> In 2017 a 14-year-old boy in Idaho was injured, and his dog killed, by an M44 near his home.[12] On April 11, 2017, a month after the 14-year-old boy in Idaho was injured, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that it would be ending the use of the device in Idaho indefinitely.[14]
- duskwuff 7y agoPart of what makes these devices so terrifying is how fast-acting cyanide is. Direct exposure can kill within seconds -- if a child or pet triggers one of these devices, they may be dead before anyone can react, let alone before treatment is possible. Similar devices have been used with sodium fluoroacetate ("1080") in Australia, which is even worse in some ways -- sodium fluoroacetate is less immediately lethal, but there is no known antidote.
- bazooka_penguin 7y agoLet's also ban bug bombs. Maybe canned raid too. Ever get that stuff in your face? Hooo boy. Cant have that now can we