Neon-Blue Wild Pigs Spur California Rodenticide Warnings

In Monterey County, California, wild pigs were found with neon-blue fat after exposure to diphacinone rodenticide, with the meat remaining pink but the fat stained blue; the incident prompts warnings about potential contamination of game and risks to non-target wildlife and humans, as California tightens restrictions on first‑generation rodenticides and urges safer application and integrated pest management; this blue-tainting has occurred before (notably in 2015), and authorities advise reporting blue animals to the Wildlife Health Lab.