The public can now weigh in on whether to ban controversial 鈥榗yanide bombs鈥� that federal officials use for wildlife control.
The 鈥榗yanide bombs鈥� are called M44鈥檚 and they鈥檙e used to kill wild animals that harm livestock. The EPA is reviewing the use of , and advocates want to see it banned.
Collette Adkins said there鈥檚 no guarantee that the animals that are targeted, coyotes for example, are the ones that are killed. She is with the
鈥淭he real problem with these devices is that they鈥檙e indiscriminate because anything can tug on that device", said Adkins. "Anything that comes by can be killed by it. They鈥檙e just too dangerous to have on our public lands.鈥�
In New Mexico since 2010, 315 animals were killed by M-44 cyanide bombs even though they weren鈥檛 the targeted animals according to .
People can be at risk, too. Last year, a teenage boy in Idaho was temporarily blinded from an M44 and his dog was killed.
The EPA is taking through February 4th.
