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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.
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Alberta government calls for strychnine ban reversal to fight 'destructive force' of gophers

Strychnine had long been the preferred pesticide for gopher control in Alberta — until the federal government began to phase out its use on Richardson's ground squirrels in 2020 and then banned it ...