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In 2002 in NZ a Landcare scientist estimated the likely death toll from an Otago 1080 drop to be around 10,000 birds

And DoC claims 1080 targets non native species?

Read a quote from DoC’s own website:

1080 targets predators

New Zealand is unusual, because apart from bats, there are no native land mammals. This means we can control introduced mammalian predators without negatively impacting populations of native species.

1080 targets introduced predators such as rats and possums. Stoats are also controlled through scavenging of poisoned rat carcasses. SOURCE

Doc Bird deaths

Would they have us believe that of these 10K deaths, none were natives? Other drops indicate otherwise (read at the link below).


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