NAHANT, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — Officials in Nahant are warning residents about a prohibited pesticide that may have been responsible for the deaths of two dogs.
Town officials posted to Facebook, saying they “received a report that a resident lost two large labrador retrievers over the weekend due to the ingestion of a toxin after going for a local walk.”
The post went on to highlight Nahant’s prohibition of first- and second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (SGARs) — a powerful mice and rat control poison. SGAR use is limited to licensed pest controllers and agricultural users…