Thread: East Kaweka 1080 info

The Napier NZDA Branch and particular our president has been to see our local MP and Ospri re this up coming programme, we've just received this info.

if someone wants to upload the map on here I can send the full pdf to them. pm me your e-mail
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AERIAL TB CONTROL
OPERATION
KAWEKA EAST 2016
tbfree.co.nz
TBfree is an OSPRI programme 0800 482 463
The operation will begin with the
distribution of non-toxic, tan-coloured
cereal pellets by helicopter. This ‘prefeed’
gives possums a taste for the
pellets and overcomes bait shyness.
One to two weeks later (weather
permitting), toxic green cereal pellets
coated with deer repellent – each
containing 0.15% biodegradable
sodium fluoroacetate (also known as
1080) – will be applied by helicopter
at a rate of two kilograms per hectare.
That’s about one bait to every
60 square metres.
The Kaweka East operation will be
subject to strict safety, qualityassurance
and monitoring requirements.
Advanced GPS navigational
equipment will be used to ensure
the pellets are accurately placed and
identified exclusion zones are avoided.
THE METHOD
The vast majority of possum control
in the region is done by local
contractors using ground-based traps
and hand-laid toxins. The remaining,
far smaller area, is controlled using
aerially applied pellets containing
biodegradable 1080.
Aerial control is highly-e.cient,
cost-e.ective and has been extremely
successful at knocking possum
numbers down to the very low levels
needed to eradicate TB from wildlife
and declare areas free of TB. It is
preferred in areas like Kaweka East
due to the rugged nature of the
terrain.
The Parliamentary Commissioner
for the Environment supports aerial
control. The Commissioner completed
an extensive review into the use of
1080, in which she strongly endorsed
its continued use in New Zealand.
Please visit pce.parliament.nz
to read this report.
WHAT
HAPPENS
NOW
The Kaweka East operation is scheduled
to begin in May/June 2016. A contractor
will be doing the work on behalf of
OSPRI’s TBfree programme.
Before the operation, all landowners
and occupiers within and adjacent
to the proposed control area will
be contacted and visited by our
contractors. They will discuss
boundary issues, water supply safety
and the management of any risks
to dogs and livestock. Consents from
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council, the
Department of Conservation and
Ministry of Health are required for
this operation. A.ected landowners
and occupiers will be contacted again
before the operation starts, notices will
be published in local newspapers and
warning signs will be placed at all likely
access points to the operational area.
BIODIVERSITY
BENEFITS
The operation will have additional
conservation benefits for native
birds and bush. Possums eat the
forest canopy and prey on native
birdlife, including eggs and chicks.
Biodegradable 1080 is also extremely
e.ective at controlling other
introduced predators which destroy
our native species, such as ship rats
and stoats.
Baits covered in deer repellent. The non-toxic
pre-feed pellets are brownish-tan while the
toxic baits are green.
tbfree.co.nz
TBfree is an OSPRI programme 0800 482 463
tbfree.co.nz
TBfree is an OSPRI programme 0800 482 463
FURTHER
INFORMATION
OSPRI
Conservation House
59 Marine Parade
Napier
P 06 833 6696
E vectorsni@ospri.co.nz
tbfree.co.nz | ospri.co.nz
Contractor
Epro Limited
Operations Controller
P 07 378 4852
E control@epro.co.nz
For more information
on controlling bovine
TB and why 1080 is
used in New Zealand,
visit 1080facts.co.nz
WHAT TO
DO IF YOU
SUSPECT
POISONING
Contact your local hospital
or doctor, or dial 111
National Poisons Centre
0800 POISON (764 766)
If a domestic animal is
poisoned, contact a local
veterinarian.
Warning signs will be placed
at all main access points to the
operational area and everyone
must follow the cautions on
the signs. There’s no health risk
when using this area as long
as you follow these instructions:
Do not handle any bait or allow
children to wander unsupervised.
Cereal baits containing 1080 are
dyed green.
Do not hunt or take game from
within a two kilometre radius
of the operational area for human
or pet consumption. It’s an o.ence
to sell meat products that have
been exposed to 1080. Hunting can
resume approximately four months
following the control work.
Please observe these rules
whenever you see warning signs
about the pesticide. Warning signs
indicate that pesticide residues may
still be present in baits or animals.
When the signs are o.cially
removed, you can resume normal
activities in the area. Free dog
muzzles will be provided on request.
Please contact Debbie Viner on
06 353 2712 to obtain a muzzle.
THERE IS NO
RISK TO PUBLIC
DRINKING WATER
Biodegradable 1080 is highly soluble
and does not persist in water or
soil. Local health authorities apply
strict conditions to aerial operations
so that drinking water supplies
are not contaminated. Safety has
been confirmed by tests on several
thousand water samples taken
after aerial 1080 operations over
many years.
Do not bring dogs into the area until the
warning signs have been o.cially removed.
Dogs are particularly susceptible to 1080.
They must not be allowed access to bait
or poisoned carcasses which remain toxic
to dogs until they have fully decomposed.