They would have tweeted a warning if they found it in there and so would Trimbos and Safeparty CH, I would have seen the warning in 3 languages and posted it here.
Its now harder to get rat poison anywhere in Europe than MDMA precursors because of EU animal and environment protection rules – you need an Environment Ministry license for the stronger formulations. Excessive use of it means owls and other creatures that prey on rats become ill which is undesirable, and it can make the rat catchers ill too.
Our local one had to retire as he had been careless and it had thinned his bones so when he tripped over on a rabbit hole he bust his leg and he is only in his early middle age, that sort of condition normally only affects seniors who are given the same stuff to treat other age-related illnesses.
In NL and DE they increasingly have tolerance zones for rats (which are still part of the ecosystem) and/or round up the stray/feral cats and put them to work in farms to scare them away in the rural areas. Most animal rescues in rural areas operate this scheme and many work with the farms and nature protection to provide “wild areas” where rats and other “pest” species can remain.
In town folk often catch the mice and rats alive, and then put the trap on their bicycle (the traps are made to fit well on the rear rack) and then let them free in the open areas where they are not such a nuisance. There is a competition between the Dutch and Germans to build electronic live traps, and in recent times folk with big gardens/farms (especially the Germans) sometimes just build open “traps” that just photograph the trapped creature, and log its GPS location (this data is sent up to nature watching sites), direct it towards a tolerated area and then spring open.
Some of these traps can handle anything to the size of foxes (I saw an impressive one on a preserved railway on German TV a few weeks ago); they put it there as they are also encouraging rare birds to the land where the railways was situated. They even had a “Verboten für Fuchs” sign ahead of it (the presenter said that was for foxes who could read :laugh_at:).
I wouldn’t be surprised if the tolerance of pot and MDMA usage in some areas is a factor in everyone becoming treehuggers there :laugh_at:
