The medicine box placed in the Daoli District Railway Community was kicked over and the rat poison leaked out.
Northeast Network April 22 News Recently, Mr. Zhang, a citizen who lives in Andao Community, Daoli District, Harbin City, reported that many pet dogs in his community were poisoned after accidentally eating rat poison. Since the 17th, Harbin City has carried out the Vector disinfecting and Control Day activities and released more than 20 tons of rat poison in Harbin City. However, due to the simple structure of the rat poison bait box, the rat poison can easily leak out, and pets may be poisoned if they accidentally eat it when passing by.
The reporter contacted Dr. Wang Fucai from the Daoli store of Fuai Pet Hospital. According to him, the number of pet dogs coming for treatment due to accidental ingestion of rat poison has increased significantly in recent days. In the past, they only received one or two cases a week, but since the 17th, the hospital has received 8 such cases. After accidentally ingesting rat poison, pet dogs will convulse, tremble, walk unsteadily, run around blindly, and in severe cases may foam at the mouth. If the owner finds out in time, he can use pure milk to induce vomiting in the dog, and he should be sent to a regular pet hospital for treatment immediately.
The rat poison released this time is mainly concentrated in key areas such as community residents’ courtyards, green spaces and unowned public areas. The areas outside the door of each unit in the community and in the corners of the unit, as well as near trash cans and grocery stores, are also the focus of this release of rat poison. There is a black box about 20 centimeters long and about 8 centimeters in diameter connected on both sides at each drop site. The box says "rodent poison bait box". About 25 to 30 pieces of rat poison are placed in each box. The rat poison is light blue, similar in shape to a lentil, and about the size of a thumbnail. The reporter noticed that because the structure of the rodent poison bait box is relatively simple, it is easy to be kicked over and the rodent poison inside will leak out. At many rat poison distribution sites, the rat poison in the rat poison bait boxes is scattered on the ground next to the boxes in the open air, and pets can easily be poisoned by accidental ingestion when passing by. Recently, the number of people walking their dogs in the community has decreased compared with some time ago.
Director Tong of the Qianjin Community of the Zhengyanghe Street Office in Daoli District, Harbin City, reminded citizens to pay attention to the warning stickers in the community and try to avoid taking pets to building corners, flower beds and carports to prevent pets from accidentally ingesting rat poison. At the same time, citizens should pay attention to the rat poison bait box at the place where it is placed, and do not kick it over to expose the rat poison.
It is understood that the rat poison released this time is a second-generation anticoagulant rat poison, which is highly toxic to rats but low-toxic to humans and pets. Three to five days after the rat poison is administered, the rats will die intensively. Some people are worried that pets will be poisoned after eating poisoned rats. The Harbin City Epidemic Prevention Department stated that the second-generation anticoagulant rat poison will not cause secondary poisoning, and pets will not be poisoned after eating poisoned rats.