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"Cyanide Bombs" Put Near a Residence?
« on: March 17, 2017, 07:11:37 PM »
My family would be coming into a huge windfall because that whole family is going to need therapy for a long time.



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POCATELLO — A 14-year-old Pocatello boy watched his dog die from a cyanide poison bomb that detonated near his home on Thursday.

Theresa Mansfield, the boy’s mother, said her son was walking the family dog on a hillside behind their home on West Buckskin Road when they encountered the bomb. When it exploded, the boy was knocked onto his back and the dog was killed.

The Bannock County Sheriff’s Office said the bomb was placed by an individual with the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a predator control device used to kill coyotes. When activated, these type of bombs release a burst of cyanide.

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According to the Bannock County Sheriff’s Office, it is a M-44 device that is commonly referred to as a “cyanide bomb.”

Mansfield said another one of these devices was found near her home after authorities arrived on the scene.

Continued at: http://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/pocatello-boy-watches-family-dog-die-after-cyanide-bomb-explodes/article_d0003a2f-6b7f-5d31-b427-68db03d3b93a.html
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Re: "Cyanide Bombs" Put Near a Residence?
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2017, 07:36:38 PM »
My gosh.  Our government at work. I can't even imagine.

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Re: "Cyanide Bombs" Put Near a Residence?
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2017, 09:14:59 PM »
I'd like to see an update, as far as an explanation for the location of the bombs... other then for coyotes.  The story just does NOT make sense. 
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Re: "Cyanide Bombs" Put Near a Residence?
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2017, 09:35:00 PM »
I'd like to see an update, as far as an explanation for the location of the bombs... other then for coyotes.  The story just does NOT make sense. 

Maybe they'll have an update in a few days. Can just keep on googling it after they've had time to finish the whole investigation.
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Re: "Cyanide Bombs" Put Near a Residence?
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2017, 09:43:15 PM »
But 8 hours ago, the Dept of APHIS issued a statement:

http://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/us-department-of-agriculture-issues-statement-regarding-cyanide-bomb-that/article_75ce2af0-0956-5e59-a664-ac9b572e05a0.html

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APHIS’ (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) Wildlife Services confirms the unintentional lethal take of a dog in Idaho. As a program made up of individual employees many of whom are pet owners, Wildlife Services understands the close bonds between people and their pets and sincerely regrets such losses. Wildlife Services has removed M-44s in that immediate area.  Wildlife Services is completing a thorough review of the circumstances of this incident, and will work to review our operating procedures to determine whether improvements can be made to reduce the likelihood of similar occurrences happening in the future.

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« Last Edit: March 17, 2017, 09:46:03 PM by DeeDee »
"In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semihuman. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog." Edward Hoagland
"Thorns may hurt you, men desert you, sunlight turn to fog; but you're never friendless ever, if you have a dog."

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