BIRDS DEAD
Spraying Blamed (N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON, March 31. More than 100 birds died of poisoning after aerial spraying of a Lands and Survey Department development block near Porirua. No stock or native birds were poisoned but magpies, waxeyes, starlings and sparrows were found dead on Tuesday after the spraying at Easter week-end of a bluecoloured granular insecticide. The Commissioner of Crown Lands in Wellington (Mr V. P. McGlone) said today that the poisoning was an unpredictable side-effect of a German-made insecticide, fensulfothion (trade name, Terracur P), not on general sale to farmers. The Agricultural Chemicals Board had approved fensulfothion for limited distribution but had now withdrawn its restricted approval, he said. It was not likely to be used again until after exhaustive experiments.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31333, 1 April 1967, Page 3
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