Death Collar - A Step Backwards for all wildlife in Oregon Oregon Dept. of Agriculture (ODA) is accepting public comments on the proposed use of a highly toxic poison that will indiscriminantly kill wildlife. Why is this happening? On December 24, 1996, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) listed their decision to approve the controversial poison "Compound 1080" Livestock protection collar (LPC) in the federal registry. Compound 1080 (sodium fluoroacetate) is classified as a highly toxic super poison for which there is no antidote.  Currently the federal Animal Damage Control (ADC) program and the sheep industry are pressuring the Oregon Department of Agriculture to permit the use of the LPC as a method of predator control against coyotes.  The LPC is highly toxic, inhumane, environmentally risky, and hazardous to both humans and non-target wildlife.  Non-lethal predator control methods are proven and available.  Together we can help prevent the use of this unnecessary poison.   What you can do PLEASE CALL AND WRITE the ODA voicing your opposition to the LPC, and request to be on the LPC mailing list.  The ODA will notify you when to submit your comment.  (Please follow up your call with a letter to guarantee notification).  Contact: Steve Bonstedt Pesticide Certification Plant Division 635 Capitol Street NE Salem, OR 97310-0110 Phone: (503) 986-4635 Fax: (503) 986-4735 Also PLEASE write or call Governor John Kitzhaber telling him that 1080 should not be used in any capacity. Governor Kitzhaber 900 Court St. NE, Rm. 254 Salem, OR 97310 Phone: (503) 378-3111