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Department of Conservation statistician Ian Westbrooke comments on 1080 use and the impact on birds and responds to the Whiting O’Keefe paper. Based on the fact that 1080 is an acute toxin, the primary focus for DOC on terms of native animals has been establishing if there is an immediate impact from 1080 operations, with [...]

Neal Wallace of the Otago Daily Times writes about the move by the Westland and Taupo district councils as well as Dunedin City Councillor Fliss Butcher, to oppose the aerial use of 1080. The decision has prompted criticism by the chairman of Tb-free Otago, Stephen Korteweg, that Cr Butcher has ignored the scientific research supporting [...]