1080 poison
Sir,—lt is with sadness and horror that I read (November 30) that “a call for investigation into a ban on 1080 poison created a howl of protest at a North Canterbury Federated Farmers’ meeting.” One wonders what we are doing to our precious natural environment through
the introduction of these vicious chemicals? Perhaps, “safer” methods could be used for the “immediate” demands of pest control, rather than risking longterm effects and disastrous complications for all living things. It is not just the loss of two dogs in Banks Peninsula, but numerous valuable animals throughout New Zealand. Deer, cattle, sheep, bees, birds, native pigeons are all affected. A minute dose can kill a dog. One wonders just what this does to mankind itself? More enlightened/overseas countries have taken the important step of eliminating the use of this poison.— Yours, etc.,
JOCELYN V. HAY. November 30, 1989.
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