Thread: The state of pest populations in NZ

Originally Posted by Woody

No way do I work for doc or any other poisonous outfit.
As an example of the insidious nature of brodifacoum;
You may recall a recent revelation of tuataras dying in a reserve managed by "conservationists", whom you might assume would know the dangers of brodifacoum. Well, these bods used brodifacoum to deal to other pests. The tuatara were dying. Oh dear; what could be causing it? Well, one of the bods happenned to stand on a bug and the squashed remains were the brodi dye ! Oh golly gosh ! Tuatara eat invertebrates ay ! Analysis showed the tuataras were being killed by secondary poisoning of brodifacoum.
So, "kiwi hunter", pull your bl--dy head back into your ignorant skull.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/...tuatara-deaths