Tests find 1080 killed Kaka
The two reports on the until the end of February. between the two reports going to the Government, and also because the Minister of Agriculture (Mr Maclntyre) will not be back in the country until In the meantime, further evidence has emerged of Taurarua Ranges north of
kaKa last October, as well as the remains of several other dead birds, and gave the kaka to the Nature Conservation Council.
Tests at the Wallacevtlle research station showed first that the oird had been poisoned and subsequently that it had been poisoned by 1080. This provides the most conclusive proof yet that New Zealand parrots ar: susceptible to 1080.
Two trials were undertaken by the Forest Service late last year on the effects of 1080 on non-tar-get species. Work in the Hokanui Hills in Southland confirmed fears of 1080’s effects.
But nothing has yet been published about trials in Kaingaroa Forest in the North Island, tending to substantiate the belief that the results there were dis astrous for the birdlife.
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