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Alberta farmers, government urge feds to allow strychnine to be used to control gopher populations
Southern Alberta farmer LeRoy Newman says he needs something to control Richardson’s ground squirrel populations.
Emergency use of strychnine for the 2026 growing season has been denied by the Pest Management Regulatory Agency.
Richardson's ground squirrels — colloquially known as gophers — are currently hibernating, but they're making headlines after ...
George Lee Local Journalism Initiative Reporter The Macleod Gazette A return to strychnine-laced battles against Richardson’s ground squirrels would generate more drawbacks than first meet the eye, a ...
Agriculture ministers from Alberta and Saskatchewan are frustrated by Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA ...
A request from Alberta and Saskatchewan to allow use of strychnine to control Richardson’s ground squirrels, or gophers, for this growing season was recently denied by Canada’s Pest Management ...
A Foothills farmer says crop losses will continue to mount after Ottawa rejected Alberta and Saskatchewan’s request for ...
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