From thecontrail.com
Oct 31st 2011

Historical evidence of the destruction that 1080 wreaks. Time for this poison to be shelved.

Last month (article dated 2011 note) 7 out of the nine tagged Kea monitored by radio tagging during the recent North Okarito aerial 1080 drop were found dead.

DoC assured the public that 1080 bait types had been modified so Kea would not be affected. In fact, we think all they did was to reduce the wax content of the manufactured pellets in the assumption that they would be hard enough to deter the birds from eating them.

The  iconic parrots, Kea and Kaka have very powerful beaks they use to tear apart tree limbs to access food.  GO FIGURE~!

SOURCE:

http://thecontrail.com/forum/topics/doc-kills-77-of-tagged-kea-with-1080-drop-in-north-okarito?commentId=4744723%3AComment%3A181466