“In its recent OIA response, the Department of Conservation (DOC) insisted that brown skua — the large, aggressive seabirds occasionally seen around New Zealand’s coasts — are ecologically insulated from inland toxins such as 1080…
This claim is presented as categorical fact.
But it collapses instantly when confronted with the evidence from Macquarie Island, where brown skua were documented consuming terrestrial mammals and dying from secondary poisoning.“
