Monday, May 31, 2021

Seresto, flea collar linked to almost 1,700 pet deaths. The EPA has issued no warning.

Caused almost 1,700 pet deaths!
The EPA has issued no warning! 
USA Today



Rhonda Bomwell had never used a flea and tick collar before. Pierre, her 9-year-old Papillon service dog, was mostly an indoor animal.

 Still, her veterinarian recommended she purchase one, so Bomwell went to the pet store near her home in Somerset, New Jersey, and selected Bayer’s Seresto collar.

 A day later, on June 2, 2020, Pierre had a seizure, collapsing while Bomwell was making dinner. Lying on his back, the dog stopped breathing and his eyes rolled back.

 Bomwell tried giving him CPR. Then she called the police. An officer helped her lift the dog into her car, and she rushed him to the hospital. Pierre died before he could receive medical treatment. Bomwell didn’t think to take off Pierre’s collar.

 “I just didn’t put it together,” she said.

Bomwell isn’t alone. Seresto, one of the most popular flea and tick collars in the country, has been linked to hundreds of pet deaths, tens of thousands of injured animals and hundreds of harmed humans, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency documents show.

Yet the EPA has done nothing to inform the public of the risks.

Seresto, developed by Bayer and now sold by Elanco, works by releasing small amounts of pesticide onto the animal for months at a time. The pesticide is supposed to kill fleas, ticks and other pests but be safe for cats and dogs.

But thousands of pets are being harmed, according to federal documents obtained through a public records request from the Center for Biological Diversity, a nonprofit organization that watchdogs the EPA as part of its work to protect endangered species. The center provided the documents to the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting. 

Since Seresto flea and tick collars were introduced in 2012, the EPA has received incident reports of at least 1,698 related pet deaths. Overall, through June 2020, the agency has received more than 75,000 incident reports related to the collars, including nearly 1,000 involving human harm.

The EPA is in charge of regulating products that contain pesticides. The agency has known about these incidents for years but has not informed the public of the potential risks associated with this product, said Karen McCormack, a retired EPA employee who worked as both a scientist and communications officer. 

McCormack said the collars have the most incidents of any pesticide pet product she’s ever seen.

“The EPA appears to be turning a blind eye to this problem, and after seven years of an increasing number of incidents, they are telling the public that they are continuing to monitor the situation,” she said. “But I think this is a significant problem that needs to be addressed sooner rather than later.”

 

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Pls Help! NYCACC is still killing in a pandemic a few of the dogs listed 2B killed on 6/3/2021 6/4/2021 there are eight for now in total listed to be killed over the next few days!

To be killed on 6/3/2021














To be killed on 6/4/2021






Even in these unprecedented times, the NYC ACC has continued to kill animals in their care. PLEASE -- CROSSPOST, TAG YOUR FRIENDS, PLEDGE for these dogs! They are NOT getting seen! For some, it is their VERY LAST chance! Please advocate for them now and widely or foster or adopt yourself.  For complete information on any of the pups you are interested in, click on their individual poster in this TBK folder.

 

Below is the link to view all 8 at-risk dogs:

 https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=mldsavingnycdogs&set=a.1363025130550420

 

HOW TO RESERVE A “TO BE KILLED” DOG ONLINE (only for those who can get to the shelter IN PERSON to complete the adoption process within 48 hours of reserving a dog, and only for the dogs on the list NOT rated New Hope Rescue Only*). Follow our Step-by-Step directions below!

  

*PLEASE NOTE THIS CAN ONLY BE DONE ON A TABLET OR A COMPUTER.  Phones will not work.

 STEP 1: CLICK ON THIS RESERVE LINK: https://newhope.shelterbuddy.com/Animal/List

 Step 2: Go to the red menu button on the top right corner, click register and fill in your info.

 Step 3: Go to your email and verify account

  Step 4: Go back to the website, click the menu button, and view available dogs. It should read, "reserve in progress".

 That is YOUR reserve.

 Step 5: Scroll to the animal, you are interested, and click reserve.

 STEP 6 (MOST IMPORTANT STEP): GO TO THE MENU AGAIN AND VIEW YOUR CART. THE ANIMAL SHOULD NOW BE IN YOUR CART!

 Step 7: Fill in your credit card info and complete transaction Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC) nycacc.org

 

 * If a dog is Rescue Only, or you cannot get to the shelter in person, you must PM our page. Please consider adopting these babies whom the ACC will kill for being homeless.


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