1080 poison - helps NZ bats

New Zealand's bats are rapidly heading towards extinction caused by rat plagues. Dr Colin O'Donnell explains how biodegradable 1080 poison protects bats on a scale unmatched by rat trapping.

Clip by the Department of Conservationn.

http://www.doc.govt.nz

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[bushtracker1]

The honest DOC workers have acknowledged publicly that 1080 kills some native birds when aerially dropped, as well as farm animals when dropped in the wrong places, as well as valued game animals. What a disgusting way to spread poison throughout our forests, but hey, it's the cheapest option we are told - the biggest bang for the buck.

[TrakaBat]

Dude, every other viable pest control method also kills native birds. The massive amount of carnage caused to our kiwi populations from possum traps is a dreadful legacy of the possum fur industry. Other things that kill native birds include motor vehicles, cats, dogs rats, stoats, ferrets, weasels and possums. Biodegradable 1080 certainly delivers rapid knock down of predators and it is one of the few things keeping our birds and bats and their habitats going.

[davelabello]

@bushtracker1 Your valued game animals are introduced pests that are destroying our forest. Few of the bush’s 300–400 plant species can resist the combined attacks of deer, goats and pigs. Their continual browsing opens up the forest canopy, which causes the undergrowth to thin and makes the bush more vulnerable to wind and invading weeds. Because pests prefer to eat certain species, their browsing disrupts and redirects forest regeneration and succession. Valued to whom?

[TrakaBat]

@davelabello well said.

[ceitein]

wonderful video of a critical piece of info and actual science, rather than fear-mongering - thank you.

[TrakaBat]

Nice feedback, thank you.

[TheTamaiti]

@davelabello jesus! think about what the moa ate!!!!!!!!!!!! the nz bush is the most overgrown its ever been with no moa and low deer numbers the nz bush has turned into an unnatural jungle, the nz bush 2000 years ago was heavily browersd by the moa and all u greenes think a few deer are killing it! go see for it urself

[fluentread]

Why does the Government threaten funding for for vector managed pest control...I notice that rats don`t seem to be a priority in that area either ...

[TrakaBat]

Massive tonnages of native invertebrates, native seeds, and 26-million native birds are destroyed by predators and pests every year.  The amount of secondary poisoning that occurs is tiny compared to the gains that are made every three to five years by stopping the predators from killing females on the nests or from eating invertebrates and seeds.

[TrakaBat]

You might want to read your information again carefully.