Thread: Warning Distressing and Disturbing Photographs- 1080 Poison

Originally Posted by Woody

The type of operations I outlined as a base principle are in effect "output contracts", which are geared to achieve a specific outcome for a specific cost. (the cost being at or close to the current 1080 aerial expenditures).

The cost is not even close to being similar. In your own words you are comparing the cost of 3 days worth of trapping to the cost of applying 1080 once every 3 years. The more you repeat it, the more your argument looks like a joke...

Woody, why is it that aerial 1080 is so much cheaper than ground-based 1080 ? The total cost to DOC for all predator control looks to be around $70 / ha. This is the average for different poisons, different techniques etc. Aerial spread (which is only a portion of the total 1080 operations), is by far the cheapest option.