Thread: Help Stop 1080, please sign

Originally Posted by Woody

@Mr Browning.
For over a decade the AHB and DoC led the media, parliament, ERMA/ EPA and PCE and Regional Councis that 1080 operations cost $8-10per hectare. The anti 1080 lobby continually contradicted this but MP's (except Richard Prosser) were in denial. Finally, the AHB was obliged to submit to an independent audit. Amongst other things, the true Average Cost per ha of 1080 operations was $55-57 per hectare. This audit also led to an official admission that the tb testing and farmer compliance with stock movement recording and controls were sadly inadequate. This led to the closing of AHB as such and its recreation as OSPRI. In tandem with this the NAIT system was introduced but is not fully successful even after seven more years. Nor are 1080 operational boundaries secure as farmers who have had stock poisoned can attest.
There is screeds of info out there if you look , and view the other pro poison propaganda with a BIG question mark.
Any possum trapper paid $57 per ha would jump at the opportunity. (And that was 2010 costs; worth more in 2019)

Youre forgetting the factor of time.
Yes, $57 per ha might sound good, but how many ha can a man cover effectively in a day and how many ha can a hopper or fixed wing aircraft cover in a day. All of a sudden man power doesnt look so efficient does it.

So the original problem remains. Come up with a cost efficient (and time efficient) alternative to 1080 for pest control and Im sure the country will be right behind you.

Signing a petition to stop 1080 without any alternative solution is never going to get any response from the govt.

Or would you prefer we stop using 1080 and maybe introduce wolves and foxes or some other animals to control the pests until they become pests themselves. Probably not a good idea either, but good for shooters, sadly be then we wont be allowed firearms to hunt them.