Conservationists slam ‘pointless” federal regulator’s long-awaited draft to crack down on rat bait poisoning of wildlife

The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has released its draft plan to restrict some rat and mouse baits linked to scores of inadvertent poisonings of native wildlife.

Wildlife advocates had petitioned the APVMA to crack down on second-generation anticoagulant…