After extensive debate, the Grant County Commission unanimously agreed to ban the use of several lethal means of wild animal control — including the cyanide-containing M44 — but decided to, as Commissioner Billy Billings said, “leave a few tools in the tool chest,” and did not ban leg snares and other trapping methods during its regular meeting Thursday morning.

During the public input session, 13 emails were read from citizens asking for the banning of some of the methods Wildlife Services uses to remove and control nuisance wildlife, ranging from pigeons and rabid foxes to coyotes, cougars and bears. The county has long contracted with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service for these services.

Commissioner Harry Browne wanted two amendments made to the contract — one of which he later withdrew, saying the new contract already…