Stop the ignorance about 1080 poison and save NZ’s native wildlife - sign the petition
- What is 1080?
- SIGN TO SAVE NZ WILDLIFE
- OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT: EASY PREY FOR PREDATORS
- PROTECTING OUR GRASSLANDS
- Bovine TB
- FACTS ABOUT 1080 OPERATIONS
- Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment: Evaluating the use of 1080
- 1080 OPERATIONS ARE SAVING KIWI
- THE ERMA REVIEW
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- From the field
- 1080 and us: New Zealanders talk about 1080
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- Pest Control Education Trust
- Another view on 1080
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Annual Report on the Aerial Use of 1080
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1080 kiwi claims extremely misleading
Department of Conservation
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Department of Conservation
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Wairarapa Times
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Gisborne Herald
Once it became apparent that possums were having a significant and detrimental impact on the unique biodiversity values of Ne...read more
Possum traps found in Hutt suburb
Dominion Post
Illegal possum traps found in an Upper Hutt suburb could have injured children or local pets, says SPCA.
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Gisborne Herald
The Animal health Board has never been quoted a "per possum"...
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Stuff
There are messages to get out about the effectiveness of it.
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Radio New Zealand
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Marlborough Express
Argument over whether New Zealand should unleash 1080 poison
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Wanganui Chronicle
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Dungog Chronicle
Feral dogs and foxes are being targeted by a
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NZ Listener
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Dominion Post
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Radio NZ
Hellstrom supports the increased use of 1080 and says bird life
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TVNZ Good Morning
We need to put the risk of 1080 to dogs into perspective
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Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
Predators, posions and silent forests, click for full report
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The Press
The controversial poison 1080 should be used more, not less
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Manawatu Standard
Populations of a giant native snail species, which were in decline, are improving
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Dominion Post
Forests will become silent expanses, empty of native birds, unless the 1080
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Animal Health Board
The (AHB) will begin aerial bovine tuberculosis (TB) control in the Hauhungaroa Range this week
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The Southland Times
A planned aerial drop of poison on Ulva Island has received overwhelming support
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Animal Health Board
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Department of Conservation
Mike Morrison’s not the sort to sit around and wait for something to happen.
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Voxy
A new toxin for the control of mammalian pests has been developed in New Zealand
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Radio Live
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Nelson Mail
The future of New Zealand's native birds and bush is up to the general public
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Radio New Zealand
A rapid decline in native birds is evidence that more extensive pest control measures are needed
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Nelson Mail
NZ's forests are changing as falling native bird numbers drive the loss of native plants reliant on them for pollination.<...read more
Native birds will 'die out' without help
The Nelson Mail
Native forests are falling silent as unprotected native bird populations rapidly decline
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The Southland Times
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The Dominion Post
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scoop.co.nz
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