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To wildlife, these traps look and smell just like tasty food -- but any animal that triggers a cyanide bomb can asphyxiate and die in minutes.^1,2

Cyanide bombs don't discriminate. Wolves, coyotes, and even domestic dogs have been killed by them -- and at least one child has been poisoned, too.³

These traps are so dangerous that they were banned from millions of acres of public land in 2023. But now, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is bringing them back.⁴

Our public lands should be safe for people, wildlife and pets to roam without fear of toxic traps. Tell the BLM: Don't bring back cyanide bombs.

One cyanide bomb can tear an entire wolf pack apart.

In 2017, the young Shamrock pack was finding its place in northeastern Oregon -- until one of its members triggered a cyanide bomb just shy of his second birthday. The spring-loaded trap delivered a deadly dose of cyanide directly into the surprised wolf's face.⁵

Six wolves became five. Shattered by the loss, the family never fully recovered. By the following year, the Shamrock pack was completely gone.

No animal should have to die this way, and no more wolf families should have to lose a sibling or a pup.

We can protect wolves and other wildlife from cyanide bombs by urging the BLM not to use these deadly traps on public lands.

By their very design, cyanide bombs are set and left unattended where anything -- or anyone -- could unknowingly trigger one. As long as cyanide bombs are still in use, it's impossible to guarantee that they won't keep harming or killing anything that touches them.

The Shamrock pup's death was "unintentional" according to the wildlife authorities who set the trap -- but the pack was still destroyed.

And it's certain that nobody meant for a 14-year-old boy and his dog to trigger a cyanide bomb near their home -- but Canyon Mansfield was still temporarily blinded, and his dog killed.⁶

Cyanide bombs are just too dangerous.

Take action today to help ensure our public lands are kept safe from cyanide bombs.

Thank you,

The Environmental Action team

1. Jimmy Tobias, "Trump Admin Opens Door to Resumed 'Cyanide Bomb' Use on BLM Land," Public Domain, May 6, 2026.
2. "SODIUM CYANIDE : Systemic Agent," Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, last accessed May 11, 2026.
3. Maxine Joselow, "Trump Administration Lifts Ban on 'Cyanide Bombs' on Public Lands," The New York Times, May 7, 2026.
4. Maxine Joselow, "Trump Administration Lifts Ban on 'Cyanide Bombs' on Public Lands," The New York Times, May 7, 2026.
5. Andrew Theen, "Feds kill wolf in Wallowa County on private land with cyanide trap," The Oregonian, March 2, 2017.
6. Maxine Joselow, "Trump Administration Lifts Ban on 'Cyanide Bombs' on Public Lands," The New York Times, May 7, 2026.

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