Far from offering protection to our meat & dairy industries, one contaminated shipment of either to our overseas markets, would stop our exports over night and it is now not IF but WHEN – remember we are all down-stream or in the catchment of DOC or AHB poisons!
Our main source of new bovine tuberculosis is from stock movements & movement controls are an area which has show our biggest gains in recent years – it is time to adjust movement controls & tighten up the vulnerable areas – provide farmers with comprehensive, accurate information to deal with persistent & recurring infections on their farms – know that USA & Canada did this without slaughtering its wildlife & they achieved TB free status which they have held for years.
As to claims of biodegradable 1080 – under what circumstances & do these circumstances exist in NZ bush?
No they do not; temperatures of 20-30 degrees are required to degrade 1080 from water. This can take months to achieve – in the meantime there are all those dead carcasses available to our insects & birds that carry on killing and killing.
One of the compounds remaining after 1080 does breakdown is fluoro-hydrocarbon which is a green house gas – hardly the harmless “salt & vinegar”. It is time to stop defending the indefensible – no more aerial poison, re-think its ground use – ban 1080 altogether.
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