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Sodium-Mono-Fluoro-Acetate. MFA.
Compound 1080 & The truth behind the lies & propaganda..

 

 

It has long been purported that the toxin used in baits to kill Dingoes in Australia and other
animals such as Possums in New Zealand, is a 'natural' and safe substance 'harvested'
from the Gastroloblium Genus of plant, or poison peas, found in South West Australia and
a few other locations around the world.
The truth in it's 'discovery', synthesis, initial purpose and manufacture is actually far from
the 'natural' 'propaganda' and frighteningly sinister.
The Organo-fluorine compound, Fluoro-acetate is indeed found in small quantities in the
Gastroloblium genus of plants. Some species of that genus in SW Australia have evolved
to be able to concentrate the substance from low fluorine soils in the region as an antiherbivore
metabolite (a bittering agent to deter native animals from grazing) Because of
long-standing evolutionary association & metabolic digestive adaptation, 'some' native
Australian herbivores such as Brush-tailed possums, bush rats and western grey
kangaroos, native to that region in South West Australia, are capable of safely eating plants
containing fluoro-acetate, but livestock, other introduced herbivores and indeed
herbivorous native species from elsewhere in Australia are highly-susceptible to the poison.
As are all native Australian carnivorous fauna.
Fluoro-acetate, is toxic to all aerobic (oxygen breathing) organisms and highly toxic to
mammals and insects. The oral dose of fluoro-acetate sufficient to be lethal in humans is
2–10 mg/kg.
After the settlement of the Swan River Colony in Western Australia in 1829, large tracts of
land in the South West were cleared for settlement & grazing. It was soon noticed that
some stock was dying after consuming some of the native vegetation, as was also reported
in a few other regions in Australia. The culprit was thought to be the Native Pea plants,
various species of the Genus, Gastrolobium. In the late 1860's, samples of these plants in
various stages of growth were forwarded via the Colonial Secretary to Dr Ferdinand
Mueller at the Melbourne Botanical Gardens in Victoria for inspection. Dr Mueller then sent
the samples off to Professor Wittstein in Munich, Germany, for chemical analysis.. He
requested to Professor Wittstein of the samples, “You probably know that large tracts of the
West Australian Colony are valueless as pasture for sheep, Oxen, and horses from the
superabundance of this noxious plant and it's cognate species. ….Now it would be
interesting to discover wherein the deadly effects of the poison lies.”
From those initial samples, not very much was able to be determined of the toxin in the
plant that was responsible for the death of grazing stock. It was not until 1896 that a
Belgian chemist, Swarts, was able to isolate the fluoro-acetate compound and synthesise it
artificially using a treatment of methyl-iodoacetate with silver fluoride, a rather expensive
and inefficient procedure..
There was not much demand for this highly toxic, very expensive, difficult to synthesise
chemical agent and it was only trialled in Germany in the 30's as a moth deterrent.
“It was not until the outbreak of World War II that a sinister possible use for the toxin was
proposed.
Under the stress of World War II chemists in England, Germany and their Allied countries
sought to develop chemicals (independently, of course!) which would incapacitate, maim,
or kill the enemy. These remarkably successful researches led to the synthesis and largescale
production of several types of warfare agents: nerve gases, vesicant agents, tear
gases, harassing compounds, and, perhaps the most frightening of all, WATER POISONS.”
For the latter kind of chemical agent it can be easily envisaged that a secret agent could
poison the water supply of a large enemy populace with but a small amount of a toxic
chemical. The requirements for a water poison are stringent: it should be colourless,
odourless, soluble, stable, and highly toxic, preferably with a delayed action to prevent
early detection and NO ANTIDOTE to counteract it's deployment and efficacy as a WMD. It
therefore must have come as quite a surprise to chemists in England, Germany, and
Poland when they discovered independently during the early stages of the war that a
simple derivative of acetic acid fulfils all of the above criteria for an ideal water poison! This
compound is methyl fluoro-acetate (MFA) and it along with fluoro-acetic acid (FA) and 2-
fluoro-ethanol, represents one of the most toxic classes of non-protein substances known.
MFA (Sodium-Mono-Fluoro-Acetate) was born as a Weapon of Mass Destruction to silently
poison potentially millions of civilians during wartime. Thankfully it was never deployed as
such, but there are anecdotal stories of it being tested on civilian populations in NAZI
occupied territories in Eastern Europe. It has been said that Himmler himself deemed it too
inhumane and dangerous for his elite SS troops to handle. It is likely that the use of
Sodium-Mono-Fluoro-Acetate was not pursued for the extermination of populations in
occupied eastern Europe because it was not efficient enough in that the time from
ingestion to death took too long. A much quicker & efficient final solution was devised
eventually.
By the end of the war several countries including England, the United States, Poland, and
Germany had developed efficient pilot-plant methods for the preparation of MFA.
After WWII, with no immediate potential use as a chemical warfare agent, the USA's
department of Agriculture & Food developed and produced the highly concentrated
compound, (now known as Compound 1080 [Ten-Eighty] because of it's production
catalogue number) as a pesticide & predacide primarily to combat rodents. It was also
found to be an effective and potent killer of Coyotes and Wolves. (Patent held by Monsanto
until transferred to Tull Chemicals in Alabama in 1955) A willing & open market was soon
found in Australia to Kill Dingoes, previously killed by unrestricted & liberal use of
Strychnine. With dozens of accidental deaths, murders & suicides every year in Australia
attributed to Strychnine poison, Ten-Eighty (1080) was quickly adopted and marketed as
the 'safe & natural' alternative. The spin and propaganda to sell to the Australian market
was that 1080 was a natural poison derived from native Australian plants and would not
harm the native fauna. Although the Spin to the New Zealand market was contradictory as
it was marketed there to specifically kill native Australian possums that had become
invasive after introduction to provide a Pelt & Fur industry with stock.
1080 Sodium-Mono-Fluoro-Acetate has been banned widely worldwide, including its
country of manufacture, the USA, because of it's inhumane nature of death, acute toxicity,
environmental impact and potential threat to human life. Australia & New Zealand import
95% of production and there is a vast stockpile held by Tull Chemicals in Alabama.
Australians have long been duped by the spin and propaganda of this toxin's supposed
natural innocent origin and immunity of Australian wildlife. Even government bodies in
Australia still spout rubbish that 1080 is 'harvested' from the native pea. Nothing could be
further from the truth. The artificially synthesised, concentrated & manufactured toxin was
born of War to silently kill humans in their thousands by secreting it into their drinking
water. It is as natural as Sodium-Cyanide is to the bitter taste of an Apricot kernel.
From an innocent query of an Australian squatter about a poisonous plant killing his cows,
to a Melbourne Botanist, to a colleague in Munich, to a Belgian chemist, to NAZI & Allied
scientists, to a WMD, to Monsanto and back to Australia...
There remains the sinister question of, why does the USA still permit the manufacture by
the Tonne of this toxin by a sole operator in a small blue shed in the backwoods of
Alabama when they have banned domestic use in their own country? Why is Australia and
New Zealand still being encouraged by the USA to import and use it? Are we keeping it's
only manufacture and synthesis plant operational for a reason? What potential use may the
US Government have for this chemical? Perhaps it's original intended use at sometime in
the future?
Acutely toxic to humans, concentrated, colourless, odourless, stable, highly water soluble,
delayed death. NO ANTIDOTE.. The perfect Weapon of Mass Destruction.

 

Leigh Mullan
Vice President

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Its not far fetched to expect over a million native birds will be killed in the mega 1080 drop planned for Kahurangi National Park this spring. For example, there could easily be 2 million robins in the park and they eat just about anything, so a big proportion of them will die. Weka and fernbird are similar - DOC trials have shown fernbird die bigtime. Same with kea which are already down to a few score remaining in the entire park. DOC says it will radio tag 35 kea, but can it even catch this many to attach tags? Rock wren are a particular worry. To my knowledge there are just 3 small colonies in the park. A big proportion of these may be killed from eating poisoned insects. At 260,000 ha this drop will be massive. Yes, it will kill rats, mice, stoats and possums but the 'bykill' will be enormous. And this "bykill" is of absolutely protected species!!

 

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Public Deserves a Say in Unprecedented 1080 Drop

Tuesday, 5 August 2014, 11:49 am

Press Release: Beyond 1080 Golden Bay

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Public Deserves a Say in Unprecedented 1080 Drop

By Beyond 1080 Golden Bay

 

 

This spring, the Department of Conservation (DOC) intends to conduct the largest aerial 1080 poison drop ever undertaken in New Zealand.

Local residents bordering Kahurangi National Park are up in arms at the revelation that the Department is trying to keep the public from having any say in the matter, while operations are being planned on the basis of incomplete science.

DOC have applied for consent to aerially poison over 202,000 ha of Kahurangi National Park and adjoining areas with sodium fluoroacetate (1080).

The Department have applied to Tasman District Council for a non-notified resource consent for over 145,000 hectares, meaning they are asking the Council not to consider any public comments.

The rest of the area slated for poisoning lies in the Buller District.

Under the Resource Management Act, a resource consent must be open to public consultation if the proposed activity is likely to have adverse environmental effects that are ‘more than minor.’ Accordingly, the Golden Bay Community Board has requested Tasman District Council to require public notification of the proposed large scale Kahurangi aerial 1080 operation, which includes 80,000 ha of land never poisoned in the past, rich in wildlife.

The area includes species (such as weka and kea) which are especially vulnerable to 1080 poisoning. Of particular concern is the rock wren, an endangered bird which DOC scientists last year indicated should not be exposed to aerial 1080 until further research had been done.

 

The Department of Conservation, in their application for council consent, acknowledge that they have no comprehensive survey data showing the abundance and distribution of animal and bird species across most of the zone proposed for poisoning.

A perception of lack of accountability and inadequate independent monitoring have given rise to alarm in the local community. “Without baseline data, how is it possible to assess and monitor the long term effects of spreading the poisoned bait?” says David Benson, representative of the community group Beyond 1080 Golden Bay, a coalition of local conservationists, hunters and animal lovers.

“The Golden Bay Community Board are to be commended for responding to genuine public concern,” Benson says. “We encourage the Tasman District Council to follow the Board's recommendation for public notification.”

Concerned residents may contact Leif Piggott, Co-ordinator of Natural Resource Consents at Tasman District Council (leif.pigott@tasman.govt.nz).

ENDS

 

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The electoral commission is stalling on granting approval to the Ban 1080 Party. They say that '1080' is intellectual property.

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Today’s Grey Star:

 

Denials over 1080 politics

Laura Mills and Brendon McMahon

 

 

Tb Free and the Department of Conservation deny objecting to the registration of the ‘Ban 1080’ political party — but no one will say who did.

The Electoral Commission confirmed today it had received six objections to registering the new party, but due to privacy reasons it was unable to release their details.

Concerns appeared to centre around intellectual property and/ or trademarks of the term ‘1080’.

The Hokitika Guardian has now lodged a request under the Official Information Act to unmask the objecting parties.

DOC said today it did “not get involved in the electoral process,” while Tb Free (Animal Health Board) said it had not objected either.

They are the only two organisations that use the controversial poison.

The commission confirmed yesterday it was seeking a legal opinion after the objections were received. With the September election looming, Ban 1080 is getting ner vous.

Party founder Bill Wallace said they already had the requisite 500 members, but were waiting to receive official recognition of the name and logo, even though it made the commission’s deadline of June 19 for official registration in time for the September 20 election.

“The Electoral Commission’s delay in its decision to officially register the party’s logo and name could result in the Ban 1080 Party being prevented from contesting the party vote at the upcoming elections,” Mr Wallace said.

Of the six submissions, the wording in five was “identical,” raising the issue of intellectual property rights and objection to the use of 1080 as a registered trade name in New Zealand.

Mr Wallace said 1080 was not a registered trade name in New Zealand, something his party knew prior to seeking registration.

The party had responded to the objections within the timeframe given, but the commission came back on Friday to say it would now need to seek an “independent legal opinion”.

“They ’ve waited for a legal opinion until it ’s too late,” Mr Wallace said. That potentially left the party unable to register an alternative logo and name in time for the election if the objections were upheld, he said.

The commission indicated it would receive a legal opinion tomorrow, with a finding expected by Thursday, Mr Wallace said.

Communications manager for the Electoral Commission, Anastasia Turnbull said it was currently considering whether the term ‘1080’ infringed an intellectual property right in New Zealand.

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The BAN 1080 PARTY IS OFFICIAL!!!
After several complaints (all from a certain quarter) and a lot of stalling with the decision-making, the party was registered by the Electoral commission at 4.30pm today!

 

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1080 poison: science and facts

Tuesday, 24 May 2011, 4:25 pm

Press Release: Happypet NZ

1080 poison: science and facts

By Dr Jo Pollard (BSc (Hons, PhD)

Any true scientist would be intensely annoyed to see wishful thinking and casual observations (rather than properly replicated experiments with appropriate controls) masquerading as science, especially when lots of people actually believed in it. Quinn Whiting-O’Keefe is a true scientist. In the film Poisoning Paradise he is so incensed at the lack of science and fact underlying 1080 poison use in NZ his words are like steam escaping. The same feelings led me to 2 years of reading and tapping furiously away at a keyboard to expose the facts on 1080 poison, as given to our Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) for their review in 2007. Here they are:

1080 is toxic to species of all forms of life from microbes to plants, insects, birds and humans. In mammals, it causes birth defects, reduced fertility, damage to reproductive organs and other organs including the brain and heart. Anecdotal reports indicate there may also be a link with cancer but there has been no research at all on this. Claims that 1080 poison does not cause mutations arise from a study on mice, that ERMA was unable to get a full copy of.

1080 has an amazing ability to spread. Again and again in research, “control” samples have become accidentally contaminated. Because 1080 poison is highly soluble it spreads very fast in water and also up food chains. For example, researchers found 100% mortality of aphids on broad bean plants grown in 0.00005% 1080 solution. Likewise, 1080 has been shown to pass readily into milk and meat.

 

When 1080 poisoned cereal pellets are dropped from the air, the poison in cereal dust is found over the entire treated area and beyond. Very little is known about the spread of this toxic dust but it was found 1 km beyond the application zone 5 days after an aerial 1080 drop (sampling for dust further away, and later after the drop, was not carried out).

There has been no research into how long 1080 poison persists in treated areas. In the ERMA documents it was recognised that it might persist indefinitely at low concentrations. It has been found to persist in many varied situations including dry places, cool water, water lacking aquatic plants, some types of soil and in carcasses. The rate of breakdown of 1080 poison in New Zealand forests and streams is unknown, but it is extremely slow at around 5oC. Thus ERMA’s Agency warned that “No studies have been conducted using standard international guidelines to assess the route and rate of degradation of 1080 in soil. The rate of such degradation under New Zealand conditions is uncertain.” And regarding water: ”Overall, the relevance of the aquatic plant/water studies to the degradation of 1080 in water in NZ is not clear.”

In the ERMA review, there was no consideration of effects of breakdown products which include highly toxic fluorocitrate.

The ERMA review also brought to light that, among several unexpected properties of 1080 poison, degradation occurred in biological samples stored at -20oC, meaning that most results from water and soil sampling to date are useless because storage conditions were either not reported or were not adequate.

Birds reported killed by 1080 poisoned cereal baits include morepork, weka, tomtits and grey warbler and animals known to eat cereal bait include kea, kaka, little spotted kiwi, kokako, saddleback, kakariki, pukeko, insects, koura and lizards. DoC’s reporting on bird deaths cannot be relied upon. Their usual method of assessing bird numbers, 5 minute counts, were acknowledged as useless by ERMA’s Agency who reported that "Five-minute counts have been identified as not reliable for assessing population impacts after 1080 operations unless high mortality occurs..and not reliable for rarer species".

It was recognised in the ERMA review that certain species (survivors that are fastest to breed and disperse within the vacant habitat) will be most likely to recover after aerial 1080 poisoning. This will apply not just to birds but all organisms including invertebrates ("1080 is highly toxic to terrestrial invertebrates" - ERMA’s Agency) which are an integral part of food chains and nutrient recycling. Thus ecological effects of the poisoning will be far-reaching and favour rapidly colonising species.

Not surprisingly then, 1080 poison is now clearly associated with plagues of pests including stoats, rats and mice, that have devastating effects on native species. For example, a DoC employee reported in 2002: “Four months after an effective possum and rat knock-down by a 20,000-ha aerial 1080 operation over Tongariro Forest, stoats reappeared in the centre of the forest and began killing kiwi chicks. So far five of the 11 chicks have been predated, and all in the centre of the treatment area.” Closer to home, a West Coast DoC employee reported on kaka in 2003 “A dramatic increase in fledgling mortality has been noted coinciding with a change to the pest control regime. Seventeen female chicks were monitored since the breeding season and excluding missing birds, eleven of fourteen fledglings have died. Nine of these were probably (some certainly) killed by stoats..The pest control regime was an aerial 1080 pollard operation in October [2002].” Going on to report on rowi: ”The current rowi breeding season has been very disappointing. All 14 of the monitored chicks were dead by early January, with stoat predation being the major cause..a huge irruption of rats and stoats, coincided with the height of the rowi breeding season.. Stoats completely saturated the core area during December and January..Similarly, rat numbers were 5-10 times higher this season compared with the same time last season.” (West Coast, April 2003).

Our remaining native species need all the genetic diversity they have if they are to survive forthcoming challenges such as drought, storms, disease and habitat modification, therefore they should be managed with extreme care. New, unique species are still being discovered regularly, making nonsense of claims that DoC knows what its doing with aerially spread poisons. DoC’s legal duty under the Conservation Act is to manage natural resources for conservation purposes so their willingness to allow the killing of massive numbers of native animals is nothing short of criminal.

Contrary to DoC’s scaremongering about possums preying on birds, numerous studies have shown that possums are principally herbivores. Where possums are currently invading new areas and decimating favoured plants such as mistletoe, it would make sense to target them there, using humane, safe techniques such as hunting, live traps, and well-designed kill traps. I have operated a natural pet food business for the last 6 years and the demand for the raw product has been escalating as the world becomes increasingly short of animal protein, and as Asian pet ownership increases dramatically. The Asian markets for natural NZ pet food are insatiable and it makes sense to employ hunters and use pests as a resource rather than squander our 200 million-year-old natural heritage.

Like DoC, the Animal Health Board has no rational basis for using aerial 1080 poison to kill possums. Its arguments were left in tatters in the ERMA review. Firstly, the RTCI, the possum catch index that underlies the AHB’s strategy, was deemed unreliable (Agency, Appendix F). Then both economic experts got stuck in. Professor Ross Cullen, regarding market perceptions of NZ’s Tb status: "No research is cited in the Application that studies the dollar losses occurring from the loss of one or more export markets..Clough & Nixon (2000) conclude...a trade ban would be difficult to sustain under current international trade rules, the risk is very small and the expected value of an avoided trade ban is modest" and "The Application...fails to demonstrate evidence or understanding of economic research on use of 1080, pest control or Tb...this section of the application is unsophisticated, uses crude approaches to estimate even the largest benefits and costs associated with the use of 1080, lacks awareness of many pertinent economic research techniques, seems unaware of almost all relevant economic research." And from NZ health experts: "around 3% of all human Tb cases are M. bovis...The Ministry of Health attributes these low rates to herd testing and the widespread pasteurisation of milk"...“even if bovine Tb were prevalent in cattle it would not present a real risk to human health”...”We recommend that in making its decisions, ERMA de-emphasise the importance of bovine Tb". Then from ERMA’s Agency: “the applicants have provided little factual support to demonstrate efficacy of aerial compared with ground application of 1080 as it relates to possums and Tb control”..."the relative contributions of possums and other wildlife (particularly ferrets) to Tb infection of cattle and deer herds are not clearly defined at this time." And finally, from the ERMA Committee itself: "there is no evidence to support the suggestion that trade is significantly reduced by not having bovine Tb-free status.”

Since there are now relatively few Tb-infected farms (due to amalgamation of farms, herd testing and movement control) a relatively cheap, harmless and effective approach to prevent livestock becoming infected by wildlife would be to control pests only around farm boundaries. In this way Tb-infected wildlife (which may include pigs, cats, hedgehogs, ferrets, stoats, weasels, rats, deer and feral stock) could be identified, the livestock would be protected, and the vacant habitat created as pests were eliminated would draw further potential Tb vectors out of wild areas for elimination. Additionally, livestock can be vaccinated against Tb.

If stupidity prevails and another aerial 1080 poison operation goes ahead, some minimum controls are imperative. An untreated buffer zone of at least 1 km should be allowed around any catchment used for human or stock drinking water, taking care that all tributaries are identified. In addition, environmental effects must be monitored. Last year, our Conservation Authority recommended that the Government require the Animal Health Board to begin monitoring for changes in forest health. Any such monitoring must be comprehensive, competent and independent. History tells us that left to DoC or the AHB, the results would be frustratingly inadequate.

ENDS

 

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1080 an American poison we ship to the New Zealand

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February 2, 2013

1080 or Sodium Fluoroacetate is a poison manufactured here in the USA and exported to countries overseas.

The only company now producing 1080 is the Tull Chemical Company in Alabama USA, who export the material to Mexico & Israel (as a rodenticide), Australia (where its used to kill dingoes, wild dogs and foxes) and New Zealand (for Red deer, Sika deer, Fallow deer, Australian possum and rat control). 1080 use in the USA itself is tightly controlled, and it may only be used in chemical collars on domestic herbivores, to kill coyotes.

It is neither humane, nor quick, and as hunters we should condemn it's use anywhere in the world. The problem in particular in New Zealand for example the misguided use of 1080 by the Department of Conservation (DOC), is that it is an indiscriminate killer. Much in the same way pesticides (DDT) that were killing Peregrine Falcons in the USA and elsewhere have been banned due to the ingestation of insects and other birds that had ingested the pesticide, 1080 needs to be banned as well. In New Zealand for example, Weka, Kea, Pukeko, morepork, falcons, hawks are all birds of prey or opportunistic scavengers, and as such ingest contaminated meat thus affecting them, although the DOC dispute this evidence that can be seen in the Graf Bros videos (links below). All the mentioned birds are indigenous to New Zealand are not intentional targets of the 1080 poisonings, how ever end up being affected by them, which is exactly the opposite of what was the intentional use of 1080, which was to reduce introduced or what in the DOC's terms are noxious animals.

 

From Wiki:

 

Fluoroacetate is similar to acetate, which has a pivotal role in cellular metabolism. Fluoroacetate disrupts the citric acid cycle (also known as the Krebs cycle) by combining with coenzyme A to form fluoroacetyl CoA, which reacts with citrate synthase to produce fluorocitrate. A metabolite of fluorocitrate binds very tightly to aconitase, thereby halting the citric acid cycle. This inhibition results in an accumulation of citrate in the blood which deprives cells of energy.

In humans, and other similar sized animals such as deer, the symptoms of poisoning normally appear between 30 minutes and three hours after exposure. Initial symptoms typically include nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain; sweating, confusion and agitation follow. In significant poisoning, cardiac abnormalities including tachycardia or bradycardia, hypotension and ECG changes develop. Neurological effects include muscle twitching and seizures; consciousness becomes progressively impaired after a few hours leading to coma. Death is normally due to ventricular arrhythmias, progressive hypotension unresponsive to treatment, and secondary lung infections.[2]

Symptoms in domestic animals vary: dogs tend to show nervous system signs such as convulsions, vocalization and uncontrollable running, whilst large herbivores such as cattle and sheep more predominantly show cardiac signs

There are no known antidotes!

Now all of this sounds very technical, but here are the facts, it is a slow death, the animals frequently bleed from the eyes, nose and internally. The hearts enlarge, often bursting, the lungs burst, and the is often large amounts of internal bleeding.

Most of the information that one can find is propaganda put out by the DOC trying to justify it's use, and by their own admission is not definitive.

A video of the actual results of 1080 can be seen here, here , here and here, although you should be warned some will not be able to stomach some of it. Here is a report by a Dr Jo Pollard illustrating the lack of science used in DOC's studies. Another here. More information can be found here.

New Zealanders have been fighting its use for years, to no avail, even with scientific reports, as the DOC doggedly defends it's use of 1080, so perhaps if all the ethical hunters in the USA were to lobby their representatives and the company manufacturing this stuff, we can help our fellow hunters in New Zealand by eliminating the source.

At very least we can do is to go to tvwild.co.nz web site and watch the videos, then vote on the use of pesticides in native bush in NZ.

Organizations in the US such as Predators Defense are also fighting 1080 use here.

US Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio made his third attempt (previous attempts in 2005 and 2007) to have 1080 banned in 2010, and we can as hunters gather more support for the next attempt.

 

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John Stuart Here's something that I was told last night....

You all know how our BEES are dying...The blame is leveled at VIRROA Mite,well it's been found 1080 is the cause.DoC AND the AHB have been sitting on this,Ive been told that this info has gone to the Graff Boys now.So let's see what transpires.

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..unsurprising to me., i'd always suspected 1080 ;)

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Peter Salter Speaks Out

West Coast –Tasman Candidate Peter Salter wrote this for the Greymouth Star

For more than half my life I’ve worked and lived on the West Coast, spending a large amount of time in the area’s native forests. I’ve seen much that is good about New Zealand wildlife and our incredible forests and, sadly, quite a lot that isn’t so good.

For as long as I’ve lived here, with 62,385 of my neighbours in the West Coast Tasman electorate, I’ve been battling against the use of Sodium monofluoroacetate, better known as 1080, for pest control.

In 2010, there was a huge poison drop planned that extended from Hokitika south to Whataroa, south of Pukekura and just before you reach the Westland and Aoraki/Mount Cook National Parks. I helped with a petition against the drop from Kumara, Hokitika and Ross to Waitaha, Hari Hari and Whataroa.

We received signatures from 92% of residents saying they opposed the drop. We handed the petition to the Westland District Council. They gave it to Government. And then we waited. Nothing ever happened, no one called, no one wrote.

Two years later, DoC blatantly dropped the next load of poison in the Hokitika water supply catchment.

I’m not a scientist. I’m a commercial possum trapper and venison hunter. If you’ve spent any time at all at an area that is repeatedly targeted with 1080, it doesn’t take a scientist to figure it out: 1080 is bollocks. It doesn’t work, it is killing our native birds, and it is poisoning our livestock, waterways and people. Why aren’t the politicians listening?

Hon Dr Nick Smith’s so-called ‘Battle for the Birds,’ is the latest snub to New Zealanders who have been asking for years to stop the use of 1080 in their back yards. The‘Battle for the Birds’ is just a cleverly emotional caption to pull the wool over your eyes. It is because of 1080 that we really have a battle on our hands. Rat populations who have eaten 1080 are proven to come back fourfold. So what we are doing is making the situation worse, while also killing the birds with the poison it is supposed to protect.

In fact, birds are continually being added to the endangered list – the kea and rock wren added just this year. If 1080 was working throughout the 60 years it’s been used in New Zealand, wouldn’t you think the native bird numbers would be increasing?

Tourists come each year to the West Coast to access our incredible native forests and to see pristine bird life. I’ve talked to countless visitors to the Bushman Centre who have been stunned to find 1080 in use throughout New Zealand. Of course, they only learn this because they see the ‘ban 1080’ signs posted everywhere by residents, farmers, and landowners. If I had a 20c piece for every time I’ve heard someone say, “so much for 100% pure New Zealand.” Indeed.

It’s hard to defend my home when we choose to use a poison that most of the rest of the world has banned. I wonder how many New Zealanders know that New Zealand is, in fact, the largest user of the stuff. We are practically keeping 1080 manufacturers in business. Imagine if we took a stand.

Hon Dr Nick Smith is also describing a ‘plague of rodents of biblical proportions’. Again, nice use of the emotional rhetoric Nick. The upcoming beech mast is actually measured as only low to moderate, so the use of ‘biblical proportions’ is totally over the top.

And where was the proper engagement with affected communities that was promised? There has been no engagement with my community – unless notification letters telling us that is happening is what DoC calls engagement? When 92% of my fellow residents in 2010 said we didn’t want this, no one in the Government listened then, and they certainly aren’t listening now.

The indiscriminate use of 1080 poison is not working. It is cruelly killing animals and birds and needs to be stopped now. A science-based, measureable programme needs to be developed that would include: species specific protection plans, targeted pest control using people on the ground not poison dropped from the sky, and community conservation. We must protect all waterways – including those adjoining the properties of my neighbours and friends – and discontinue all aerial poison drops.

Let’s start a new conversation, not based on use of poison chemicals most of the rest of the world has shunned. Let’s start from the basis of what 100% pure New Zealand actually means and find a solution together for the future protection of our forests and birds.

I am all for people, not poisons. If the same money spent on poison was spent on employing West Coast people to trap pests, we would have a clean environment, clean waterways and jobs for people on the Coast who are desperate for work.

Peter Salter has lived in Pukekura for 35 years with his wife Justine. They own the Bushman Centre and the local tavern. Peter is running for MP for the West Coast Tasman electorate as a candidate with the Ban 1080 Party.

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The Marlborough Express are running an Opinion Poll on Stuff on whether DoC should continue using 1080. Click on the below link and vote "no" and get sharing folks!

http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/10445766/Sounds-residents-oppose-1080-drop

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Belief three: It’s a particularly inhumane way to kill an animal

Verdict: FALSE 1080 is described as moderately humane.

“What is humane? One thing we focus on is time to death – faster is generally viewed as more humane. [With 1080] an animal will be dead within 24 hours.” – Dr James Ross. .....

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I've seen them drop onto paddocks holding domestic stock. So much for the GPS they are meant to be using. For them to drop an area that is not in the program is unforgivable. It was hushed up as well because it was a Landcorp farm. How the pro 1080 people can not see through the lies is beyond me.

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1080 Rains On Farm

 

Friday, 01 August 2008 Greymouth Evening Star
By LISA RANGI

 

Kaiata deer farmer Wayne Fairhall has lost two-thirds of his herd to a slow and agonising death after deadly 1080 pellets were dropped over his property. Before the Animal Health Board drop last Friday — allegedly including a night time drop — he had 16 deer grazing his farm block at the back of Kaiata. By yesterday, 10 of his animals were dead after grazing on the poisoned pellets and most of the others were holed up in a clump of bush on the farm, their fate unknown. The carcases were bloated and some had foamed at the mouth and coughed up blood before dying. Hawks were picking the eyes out of the carcases, raising fears for the future of a family of hawks until now seen daily on the farm.

On Monday the deer were running around fine but Mr Fairhall returned home from work on Tuesday to be greeted with the sight of a dead deer in the gateway. “I got worried and started walking through the paddock and found more deer. I went round and there was 1080 everywhere.” His partner Anthea found a deer in its death throes while feeding out on Wednesday. “She just sat with it, crying, while it called out. No one should have to witness that. “It’s a prolonged and awful experience to see,” Mr Fairhall said. Even on Wednesday, two or three green-coloured 1080 pellets could be found at each step; the pellets were meant to be confined to the native bush and hills behind the farm.

Yesterday, Vector Control Services — owned by the West Coast Regional Council — disputed Mr Fairhall’s claim that the pellet drop had missed the zone, saying they had written permission to drop 1080 in the paddock and that stock food had been given to make up for the loss of grazing. However, Mr Fairhall said that permission had been to drop 1080 only in the bush on their property at the back of the farm, and claimed the deer paddocks were meant to be off limits. “It was my father’s and my understanding that the paddocks were excluded.” Pellets observed at the start of a full circuit of the farm on Wednesday had disappeared within 30 minutes, eaten either by birds or deer. The poisoned paddock has been shut off to the remaining herd, but it may be too late. The farm also has a number of domestic rabbits, horses, cows, ducks, and a huge array of native birds including yellowheads and waxeyes. “It is a huge disappointment that we are losing the native birds, and now our herd,” Mr Fairhall said. “I’m not happy to accept this at all. I’m not happy with how this has been handled. It’s a severe case of mis-communication.”

 

Vector Control Services manager Randal Beal said he was satisfied no flight “oversights” had occurred. Before last week’s aerial drop Mr Fairhall was in two minds about 1080, but now he was angrily opposed to aerial dispersal, which he said was too indiscriminate, killing everything. “They never gave me much time to get my herd in. It was done late at night and obviously GPS did not help. The information about the drop was lacking.”

 

Mr Fairhall intends to claim for compensation but said that would not make up for the suffering of his animals. The aerial operation began on Friday morning and he said it apparently continued into the night; he noticed the lights of the Iroquois helicopter as it circled above his property about 9.30pm. “I saw it over the paddock and thought it was turning round, but I didn’t expect them to be dropping it in my paddock as we had been informed about the drop and where it would be.” Mr Beal said their aerial drops did not continue past dusk. “There are two options: the bait was shifted or Wayne and his father mis-communicated. “If it’s our mistake, but I don’t believe it is, we will look after them — it’s a sensitive issue at the moment.”

 

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The two women that took a video of TB Free dropping 1080 over their car have fallen sick.
The official investigation into the incident was closed but has been opened again as both have since reported ill health and west coast medical officer of health Dr Cheryl Brunton has received some more updated information this week and as a result they were going to revisit some things , they also discovered that the photo's the sisters took of pellets lying around there vehicle actually recorded their GSP location and proves they were on a public road at the time they got showered with 1080 ,and to read the full story check out The Greymouth Star at www.greystar.co.nz
Greymouth Star

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Women fall ill after 1080 drop

 

Two Reefton women who were caught in the bush as 1080 poison rained from the sky last summer are now both reporting ill health.

 

An official investigation into the incident has been reopened.

Sisters Gwen Gardner and Kathleen Bartlett were on Maori Gully Road, near Kokiri, having a picnic after checking out a property for sale, when a helicopter with a monsoon bucket flew overhead and dropped poisoned pellets around their vehicle. They were close by at the time.

 

The sisters say they felt ill within 40 minutes of the drop, but did not associate it with 1080 poisoning.

They remained in the area for several hours as they did not think it could have been 1080, partly because they say a sign was outdated, and the helicopter was following the line of a creek.

 

However, medical tests by the Reefton GP now show Mrs Bartlett's liver is not functioning as it should, she suffers from nausea and tiredness, and coughs every night.

A trained singer, she says she knows her breathing is not right.

 

Mrs Gardner, who spent 15 years with St John, suffers B12 deficiency, nausea and fatigue.

After going public about the poison drop, Tb Free said the pair were on private land and should not have been there anyway.

However, the sisters said they later discovered that the photos they took of pellets lying around the vehicle actually recorded their GPS location -- and proves they were on a public road at the time.

They say tthey were ridiculed after going public for allegedly being in the wrong place.

 

Mrs Bartlett, who describes herself as a "private, non-confrontational person", has not been named until now.

However, she said this week she wanted to tell her story.

"We were two innocent people picnicking up a creek, and it was covered in 1080. For that, we are really unwell," her sister said.

The women say some warning signs out further have been updated, but not the one on Maori Gully Road.

 

Their GP, a locum new to the country, knew nothing of 1080 poison until they turned up for their regular tests. They say the doctor Googled the poison and demanded an investigation.

The sisters say they want to see more information made available for medical professionals.

They were "shocked" the case had been closed at the time as they were still waiting to hear back from medical and council staff. They are pleased the investigation has been reopened.

 

"We thought there was an investigation going on [all along]," Mrs Bartlett said.

West Coast medical officer of health Dr Cheryl Brunton said she had received some "more updated information" this week and as a result they were going to "revisit some things".

"It's still in process of investigation."

 

Tb Free northern South Island programme manager Matt Hickson said they were awaiting the outcome of Dr Brunton's report.

By Laura Mills of the Greymouth Star

 

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More kea poisoned in 1080 drop
By Laura Mills
 
 
The Department of Conservation says five out of 39 monitored kea have died of poisoning during the first field study using a bird repellent in an aerial 1080 operation near Otira.
DOC has been trialling repellents after a number of kea deaths from 1080 poisoning. In 2008 seven died in the Franz Josef and Fox Glacier area, and in 2011 seven more died at Okarito.
 
DOC said today results from the recent Otira trial were "disappointing".
Technical adviser threats Michelle Crowell said losing five birds was “naturally disappointing”.
“But overall the benefits to kea populations from pest control continue to outweigh the loss of individual birds to 1080.”
The repellent used, d-pulegone, had shown promise in previous trials but was not effective enough to prevent kea deaths in this field operation, she said.
 
Once all the data had been fully analysed DOC would review its options, which included increasing the repellent concentration and investigating other repellents. Analysis of the baits had subsequently shown that the repellent was less than the target concentration.
Ms Crowell said further work was needed to account for dissipation during bait storage.
The repellent was used over 10,619ha around Otira as well as in a nearby Tb Free New Zealand operation over 10,130ha in the Taipo Valley undertaken, from June 26 to August 1.
 
Kea are particularly inquisitive and DOC has been researching ways to minimise the loss of individual kea in 1080 operations.
DOC has been working with the Kea Conservation Trust, Tb Free NZ and Landcare Research over a number of years to develop a repellent to prevent kea deaths during aerial 1080 operations. This has included research trials in pens, aviaries and field sites to test whether the repellents work, are safe and do not affect possum and rat control. The current research is funded by DOC, Tb Free and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
 
A new baiting protocol was introduced in 2010 to reduce the risk to kea, which included using less palatable baits and avoiding open areas above the bush line.
DOC has been investigating two bird repellents, including d-pulegone, a food additive based on the peppermint flavour found in some plants in the mint family.
Since 2008, 155 kea have been monitored through ten 1080 operations, with 20 (12.9%) recorded fatalities, DOC says.
 

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