Raptors Are The Solution (RATS)

06/04/2026

The poison does not solve your rat problem. It solves this year's rat problem and kills the thing that would have solved every year after.

05/28/2026

A new potential non-toxic tool (that's actually been around for a long time)...

[Originally featured on the Green Blog]

05/15/2026

🐺🌿🐀 Join us on May 28 for our FREE webinar, How Rodenticides Threaten Bobcats, Coyotes, & Urban Wildlife 🐀🌿🐱

Wildlife poisoning doesn’t stop with rodents.

When hawks, bobcats, coyotes, foxes, or mountain lions consume poisoned rats and mice, toxic rodenticides move up the food chain, weakening wildlife, disrupting ecosystems, and threatening the health of entire communities.

Join Project Coyote’s State Advocacy Manager, Kiely Smith, for a compelling conversation with Dr. Laurel Serieys, Conservation Biologist & Post-Doctoral Researcher, The Ohio State University Urban Coyote Research Project, and Lisa Owens Viani, founder and executive director of Raptors Are The Solution (RATS). Together, we’ll explore the hidden impacts of rodenticides on wildlife and discuss effective, non-lethal approaches to managing rodents while protecting the carnivores who help keep ecosystems in balance.

Webinar Details:
🐾 What: How Rodenticides Threaten Bobcats, Coyotes, & Urban Wildlife
📅 Date: May 28, 2026
🕒 Time: 11 AM PT / 2 PM ET
📍 Where: Zoom
🔗 Register: https://loom.ly/oBtqD10

📷 Rick Cameron

05/07/2026

International Migratory Bird Day is Saturday, May 9. One way we can help birds, insects, and other creatures is to keep skies dark. Check out Joe Eaton's report at https://raptorsarethesolution.org/press/rats-tales-archives/rats-tales-full-articles/keeping-night-skies-dark-to-help-songbirds-owls-and-more/. Northern pygmy-owl photo by Pamela Rose Hawken.

05/06/2026

A pest control company charges $40-80 per month for rodent management. The bait they set is brodifacoum — a second-generation anticoagulant that kills the mouse over three to five days. During those days, the dying mouse becomes easy prey for the owl, the hawk, the fox, and your neighbor's cat. The poison moves up. The company comes back monthly.

Four animals were running rodent control on your property before the bait station arrived. The poison you hired killed them too.

The barn owl hunts by sound alone — her asymmetric ears triangulate a mouse under grass in total darkness. A single family removes over 3,000 rodents per year. Cost per rodent: functionally zero. The bait station costs $8.11 per rodent.

The red-tailed hawk works the day shift from your fence post. Her diet is 85 percent small mammals. She produces zero secondary poisoning.

The rat snake works the interior — your barn, your walls, your crawl space. She goes where bait stations can't.

The red fox pounces through grass at dawn, aligning her strikes with Earth's magnetic field. She removes 3,000 to 4,000 rodents per year.

The pest company replaced a team of four. The replacement killed the original staff. The mice came back. The invoice didn't stop.

05/04/2026

Coming up on last chance for our RATSwear barn owl tops at float.org/rats ! With every purchase, you support RATS action/education/outreach, along with owls and all wildlife affected by poisons—and you spread the word just by wearing. Woot!

04/29/2026

Great news: our fundraiser has been extended at float.org/rats ! Now’s the time to pick up a nifty RATS top for yourself, friends, or family (many other colors and styles—for kids too!). Each purchase helps RATS protect wildlife and educate people here and around the world about ending rodenticide use. We also love that wearing a RATS top so often sparks compliments and questions; it’s a fun, easy way to get the word out! And you’ll be the coolest bird on the block.🦉

Fly on over to float.org/rats, and thank you for your ongoing support, care, and action!

04/24/2026

A favorite barn owl is back—pick soon for yourself, friends, or family at float.org/rats !* Sales of our exclusive limited-edition tops (now with 100% organic options) end at 8 a.m. PT, this coming Monday, April 27. For every purchase, our friends at FLOAT donate $8 to RATS. With your generous support we can continue protecting wildlife from deadly poison.

* The RATS logo on the back spreads the word. Do review the size chart, and order one size up if you’re unsure. We love the kids’ options, and the flattering Ladies’ dolman! 🦉

04/20/2026

Wear an owl to save an owl!

We’re celebrating spring and Earth Day, and one of our favorite limited-edition designs is back. Swoop in now at float.org/rats (many more colors and options available) before this fine flock takes off again!

* We suggest reviewing the size chart and ordering one size up if you're unsure.

For each item sold, our friends at FLOAT donate $8 to RATS and you help our continued fight to protect threatened wildlife. Thank you as ever for your support, and feel free to share.🦉

01/14/2026

'These anticoagulant rat poisons need to be banned everywhere forever. They cause irreparable harm to our precious wildlife and, yes, to our pets,' writes an L.A. Times reader.