Nitrite salts as poisons in baits for omnivores
AssigneeInvasive Animals Ltd.
InventorsLinton Drew Staples, Steven Lapidge, Brendan Cowled, Simon Humphrys
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Abstract
The present invention relates to baits, especially baits to be used in humane methods for controlling feral omnivore populations. The invention also relates to methods of manufacturing the baits.
Claims11
A bait for humanely controlling a population of omnivorous feral animals, said bait comprising a solid or semi-solid carrier material and a nitrite salt, wherein the bait has an amount of nitrite salt which delivers at least 135 mg of nitrite per kg based on the weight of a feral animal in said population, the nitrite salt comprising at least 3% by weight of the total weight of the bait, and wherein the nitrite salt is present in the bait in an encapsulated form.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.