Sodium fluoroacetate, commonly referred to as 1080, is a biodegradable pesticide used by conservationists and livestock farmers for pest control. Although the use of 1080 in New Zealand was deemed "effective and safe" by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment in a 2011 re-evaluation and is widely considered to be the most effective tool currently available for controlling possums over large areas, hunters and animal rights activists have raised concerns about security of potable water supplies in areas where 1080 is applied.
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@8GL8P5P4yrs4Y
No but put more energy into environmentally friendly methods e.g. trapping cages so that 1080 can be eliminated as it’s a toxic material affecting other wildlife.
@9DSKYGY1yr1Y
Use but find alternative in case of shortage.
@9DMFCFT1yr1Y
We should explore other options
@9DKLQ8V1yr1Y
Keep using but look for other options including having a decent bounty per kill
@9DKCY5L1yr1Y
The use of genetic modification should be reconsidered
No and they should decrease the limitations surrounding gene modification research in this area
@9DF8H581yr1Y
Not until there is a safer option but there should be more restrictions on its use
@9DD3JD91yr1Y
No, though other methods need to be seriously looked into and applied once seen sustainable
No, more research needs to be done to find better alternatives.
No. But only until a better alternative is found.
@9D8FVKF1yr1Y
No but aggressively pursue alternative methods
No, but should be last resort- All other options exhausted first.
I do not have enough information or expertise to answer this question
@9G28SNN1yr1Y
i dont think a total ban is needed but trapping or other ways should be used if it can prove decent results
YES!! and fined if used and imprisonment if reassuring
Try alternative methods, reduce 1080 if they work.
No but continue researching viable alternatives
@9FKDRT31yr1Y
I would know enough on subject
@9FJY7Z51yr1Y
Yes, use natural methods instead
No, but there should be an aggressive pursuit of alternative methods so that it can.
@9FGSQDH1yr1Y
No, but invest into more rehab type workshops or youth course to build traps, creating more courses in the community for our youth to keep busy with as well as them contributing to something good, for their/our futures.
If an effective alternative is available then it should be stopped
@9F4Y4RQ1yr1Y
No, but other solutions should be aggressively used
No, but fund other methods of pest control
@8CLZTBD4yrs4Y
No, but pursue alternative methods
@9CDW3TQOpportunities2yrs2Y
No, it is the best solution we currently have, but there should be more research and development funding into alternative methods of pest control
@99ZWHQY2yrs2Y
Yes, but only once we have an effective alternative.
@8HHPMKK4yrs4Y
No, but more investment should be made to find and fund alternative methods of pest control in remote areas
@8HFCPCV4yrs4Y
yes but have friendlier options on the environment
@8H9RCPR4yrs4Y
Use only in areas that people cannot get into
@8H9LKLL4yrs4Y
No but ban it when we make an alternative that makes the animal not suffer
@8G5Q9N24yrs4Y
Yes, ban it. Use the sudden boost in interest and/or donations to provide more funding to the organisation/scientists currently working on 1080 alternatives. This will shorten the time until the alternatives are available. In the gap between 1080 being banned and new alternatives being introduced, increase current alternatives like trapping and introduce a thing where if you catch a pest such as a possum, cut off its tail and kill it and bring it to these offices. The offices pay about 10 cents a possum. (Approximately).
@8DQPT7Z4yrs4Y
only if it is going to subsidise by job creation increasing the manpower required to maintain the same level of pest irradication by practical means - including a bounty on possum and rabbit tails
@8DMT9L44yrs4Y
No, but continued research into alternatives that reduce or end our necessary use of poisons to control predators should receive increased funding
@8DCQ2384yrs4Y
No but also aggressively pursue alternatives
@8CJBS2W4yrs4Y
Culling parties made up of locals.
@8CF4X8R4yrs4Y
Continue until an alternative is found? Work in conjunction with scientists, hunters etc
No, but if a better solution comes up it should be pursued (after being researched in detail to ensure it is a better solution)
@9CLY787DemocracyNZ1yr1Y
Donald trump and green party co is James Shaw decrease more change restrictions
@9BZXY4Z2yrs2Y
No but please replace with better pesticides
@992KJGL2yrs2Y
I have no idea. I’m Sorry
@98NHLX62yrs2Y
@8KKV2XY4yrs4Y
no, but they need to be more careful.
@8HB2N5Q4yrs4Y
No- But dropping it out of a helicopter for all animals to consume should be banned! We could one employing so many people for filling bait stations so only possums consume the bait instead.
@8GRKYR54yrs4Y
@8D7GQQS4yrs4Y
No, but incentivize use of different methods.
@8G5XN9G4yrs4Y
1080 is an old graphics standard superseded by the better quality 4 and 8k. The government should definitely ban its use!
@8DR49HG4yrs4Y
No, but there should be more restrictions on its use and look for alternative ways to reduce harm to innocent animation.
No, but actively pursue alternatives that better target pests only
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