Strychnine

• Trail RCMP investigating after 2 dogs on same block die; strychnine poisoning confirmed in one

  Police say the two dogs belonged to separate families along Casino Road. One dog died on Sunday, with the other dying on Monday.

  Canada

  Mar 22, 2023
  
• Alberta’s use of poison as wolf control criticized, feds asked to review

  Alberta officials deny misusing strychnine and say its use is essential to keep caribou on the landscape.

  Environment

  Dec 18, 2020
  
• Advertisement
• Central Alberta village pleads guilty to improper application of pesticide in case that saw 2 dogs die

  The Village of Cereal, the village's foreman and a campground caretaker have pleaded guilty to improper application of a pesticide in a 2017 case that saw two dogs ingest strychnine and later die.

  Environment

  Jan 17, 2020
• Advertisement
• Alberta does not support federal proposal to ban strychnine against gophers

  The Alberta government is telling Ottawa it does not support a federal proposal to ban the use of liquid strychnine poison for killing prairie gophers. 

  Canada

  Sep 20, 2018