Notice of Hearing on the Application to Use Sodium Fluoroacetate ...

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, ';?izncers nave shown a :: ,J <strong>of</strong> 3 dog ~yl nc 3-:~2r >eing
admi ni scered scdi urn f7 uoroacs~a~z. 0f cznc2rn her? i s ,he 3ss?rri on
that an animal administered 1080 is in agony. This would seen co
depend on whether the animal is cmscious. While this question cannot
be answercd with cert3inty from evidmc: in the record, Dr. gurnack,
describing th? smptcms <strong>of</strong> lGSO poisoning, szatad rSa1 pati2nz; oitan
complain <strong>of</strong> a tart, sour tasc2 in heir xou~ns. He ass2rt2d cnat :Re
unpleasan-c :=st2 ivas soon iol lowed by nausea zndisr vcmi~i ng , ;; ngl ; ng
sensations in che nose, spreading to the ams and legs and facia;
numbness. S ti 11 1 axr, in morg serious ~ osoni i ngs , the pazi znt suff~r-s
soasinodic muscle ccnt~actions followed 3y generalized seizurs.
Dr. 2urnack explained chac the most serious 1080 sympxomz prjrnari 1 y
involve the c~ncral nervous systm and t ~ cardiovascular e
systsm and
that aft27 the numbness, tingling, lccntractions and seiz~res refzrrld
to above, pazients may also suffer from agitacicn foliowed by de?rsssed
consciousness and eventilally ccma and delth. It i: the hyi;2r3cti1licy,
muscle contractions and seizures that give the vi2vter the impression
thar an animal dying from 1080 is in asony. In this ccnnection, the
only apparent mention <strong>of</strong> pain in the hospital record <strong>of</strong> Shelley Voodward
(finding 204) is ,dhen she began to recover after 53 hours. in any
event, animals caught in traps and snares and wounded, but not killed,
after being shot, are also likely to be in agony.