Break the Poison Chain

Break the Poison Chain is a joint campaign with National Park Service to provide information on how to avoid using rat poison when dealing with pest problems on your property.  As part of the NPS Nature Neighbor campaign, this campaign highlights another way in which people can live in proximity to wildlife.  

AB1788 was signed in Fall 2020. This temporarily bans four poisons used in anticoagulant rodenticide. Break the Poison Chain offers information on protecting your home from pests without using rat poison. Let’s protect wildlife and our pets!

Find out more about the NPS Nature Neighbor campaign.

Learn to Live in Proximity to Wildlife

Find out more about the installation of Raptor Perches in the Santa Monica Mountains

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Side-by-side images of the same mountain lion, showing the face with yellow eyes, one with a severe case of mange and the other looking healthy

The Chain of Death

How rodenticides can enter the local food chain, with unintended victims.

Download a printable pdf version.

Rodent Proof Your Home Safely

How to protect your house without using harmful poisons.

Guide with tips to prevent rats in property, including sealing garage shelves, keeping garbage covered, removing dense vegetation, and using secure compost bins.

Green rodent restoration

If you live in Ventura, Los Angeles and Orange Counties and you're looking for a service to help you exclude rodents from your property we suggest you contact Green Rodent Restoration. A construction company and a pest control operator hybrid, they do not use any form of poison.

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Help Break the Poison Chain With A FREE Lawn Sign!

A baby mountain lion with blue eyes hiding under a rock with green leaves nearby, with text urging to protect wildlife and avoid rat poison, and a website link for poison chain prevention.
Close-up of an owl with bright green eyes and brown feathers, with text encouraging wildlife protection and warning against using rat poison, and includes a website URL, a QR code, and a logo for Break the Poison Chain.
Three foxes in a wooded area at night with overlaid text reading "Protect Wildlife" and "Don’t use rat poison!" a QR code, and a website link to www.samofund.org/poisonchain.