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The Dangers of Rat Poison
Thanks for your recent piece on
the dangers of using rat poison.
These rodenticides, as pointed out
by your columnist Dr. Trapani, harm other animals that eat the poisoned rodents, and have caused tremendous casualties, especially among raptors. They can also harm our pets and kids; and can spread further if seeping into groundwater.
Raptors Are The Solution (www. raptorsarethesolution.org , a Northern CA nonprofit sponsored by Earth Island Institute, educates the public on the dangers of rodenticide use, and on the role of birds of prey in our ecosystem. They also share tips on rodent mitigation, and advocate for the complete ban of these poisons in California. The health of our kids, our animals, and our ecosystem depends on it!
Irene Barnard, Santa Rosa
Don Gibble Responds
(Does Don Gibble work for Summerfield Theaters and therefore proritize their events in his Film & Theater column?) Dear Louise,
I do not work for the Summerfield Theater (Santa Rosa). I do enjoy their popcorn and the employees, and
love to talk about movies to their customers while buying snacks at the snack bar.
I also enjoy the Rialto Theater (Sebastopol) because they host
the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival every year. In fact it’s coming
up March 22nd and I will be attending. The Rialto was in my column promoting Broadway’s “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” starring Sienna Miller. I hope you get a chance to see “The Shape of Water” at either Rialto or Summerfiled.
See you at the movies! Thanks, Don Gibble
We Do it All for Love
I just read an article in Sonoma County Gazette about Cocoa and Chocolate and its sources in the world and what was termed “child slave labor”. We just happen to work with Orphan Care in the Bundibugyo
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