Sec. 12511. Restriction on use of certain poisons for predator control
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The purpose of this section is to restrict the use of sodium cyanide to kill predatory animals given the risks posed by sodium cyanide to— public safety; national security; the environment; and persons and other animals that come into accidental contact with sodium cyanide. The Secretary shall use sodium cyanide in a predator control device described in subsection
(c)only in accordance with Wildlife Services Directive Number 2.415 of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, dated February 27, 2018, and the implementation guidelines attached to that Directive. A predator control device referred to in subsection
(b)is— a dispenser designed to propel sodium cyanide when activated by an animal; a gas cartridge or other pyrotechnic device designed to emit sodium cyanide fumes; and any other means of dispensing sodium cyanide, including in the form of capsules, for wildlife management or other animal control purposes.