They need to take the approach that they are introducing it into the food chain for pretty much everything. We have hawks, eagles, dogs, cats, coyotes, bobcats, etc. all coming in with effects from eating poisoned rodents. Some recover, some don't.
Who is going to recover a pig that went into the brush to die ? They don't go out into the middle of a field and croak. It will get eaten and another animal will get some secondary poisoning, although not as bad as the animal that ate it.
It just seems like they could come up with something better.
Like something that turns them blue;
Wild pig with blue fat found near Northern California ranch
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A wild pig with bright blue fat surrounding its meat was discovered after being shot by ranchers in Morgan Hill, Calif. (Imgur user GlendilTEK)
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By ABC7.com staff
Saturday, September 12, 2015
MORGAN HILL, Calif. (KABC) --
Ranchers in Northern California shot a wild pig and ended up finding its meat surrounded by Smurf-blue fat.
A user on
Imgur posted photos and a short explanation of the bizarre discovery at their in-laws' Morgan Hill ranch: They cut open the pig, drained most of the blood and were startled to see fluorescent blue fat peeking out of the incision.
User GlendilTEK said the ranchers are aware blue pigmentation could be caused by copper poisoning, but there are only old mercury mine shafts near the property. Other wild pigs that were shot by the couple did not have neon blue fat.
GlendilTEK said they planned to send samples of the fat to UC Davis for testing.