Deer Poisoning
Sir,—First of all, let me congratulate' Mr Thomson on his very knowledgeable letter about deer trails, helping the spread of stoats in Fiordland and elsewhere. Any person with ahy knowledge of these small killers would laugh. Forest stoats are tree • dwellers, and travel by the same means and will take to water readily. Regarding 1080 poison helping our native birds. I would like to express my long observations. When a deer carcase starts to decompose it gives off a fatty oily substance, which certain members of our native birds will readily take to. Besides, many other of our native birds use hair in the building of their nests'from deer carcases. This poison 1080 is very deadly, more deadly than most persons realise. If it is proceeded with our native birds must suffer accordingly.—Yours, etc., CULLER. September 22, 1958.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28700, 25 September 1958, Page 3
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