Thread: Warning Distressing and Disturbing Photographs- 1080 Poison

Originally Posted by Rushy

Ohh come on R93 you gotta be taking the piss otherwise you would use real women like Elle McPherson.

I would Rushy but its meant to bring about awareness of 1080 not please dirty old men with a Milf movie.


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The first Sign for best "Anti 1080 Sign Competition

Originally Posted by Scribe

How about we run a good sign competition here on the Forum

That is a good idea Scribe, I will see if my young daughter can whip one up. I am as useless as tits on a bull when it comes to drawing!

Originally Posted by R93

I would Rushy but its meant to bring about awareness of 1080 not please dirty old men with a Milf movie.

I resemble that remark!

I don't want to start a shit fight but all they are is a bunch of pictures of dead deer, there are no signs that they suffered, we can only speculate. To be fair, a deer that has been shot looks a lot worse and that is what the media will look at, and the fact that hunters are mad that they don't get to kill them. They are after all, considered a pest.

Just trying to point out some of the other views you will encounter trying to take this public.

I hear if you vomit blood before you die its a sign of a quick pain free passing.

No-one's mentioned a slightly different angle. What would your average Joe Public make of being shown all the cute little bambi's and rudolph's being poisoned inhumanely? And all the cuddly wee moreporks etc. What about that?

Wouldnt that get the public all fired up?

Hunters cant do this - we shoot them after all !

I still think coming from an animal lover's perspective is better, leave the hunting out of it. Average Joe doesn't understand that you can be both.

Who's saying the outrage against 1080 has to come from hunters?
It could be from anyone concerned about it.
I think the fact that it is happening would out weigh who brought it to peoples attention.


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1080 Frequently Asked Questions | Forest and Bird

This is a very quick google search result. There will be many many other websites that are advocating 1080. This makes me sad. The answer to the deer question is comparable to "yeah, it kills deer, but so what?".

Interesting how there is no information on how the poison works and what is happening to the body of the animal while it is dying it's slow, painful death.

Hay scribe ... what is the SPCA view on this?? Would they be intrested in hunter /animal lover financed court action against these cruel people.??? Even if it got nowhere fast surely it would hit the front page of most papers???
I know i would donate to such a cause and could drum up a lot of other donators.

Originally Posted by oneshotkill

Hay scribe ... what is the SPCA view on this?? Would they be intrested in hunter /animal lover financed court action against these cruel people.??? Even if it got nowhere fast surely it would hit the front page of most papers???
I know i would donate to such a cause and could drum up a lot of other donators.

This is the SPCA stand at the moment.

This is an article in our local newspaper the Peninsula Press December 15 2011

GOVERNMENT GUILTY OF 'RECKLESS' 1080 DEATHS.
"...effectively 'drift netting'...the forest causing uncounted deaths of both indigenous and introduced species.
The Government and its agencies can now be prosecuted and fined up tp $350,000 for the suffering and death of animals exposed to 1080.
New legislation to the Animal welfare Act (AWA) policy earlier this year made it an offence to kill through the reckless use of 1080.
And with a Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals (SPCA) statement saying that one agency Department Of Conservation (DOC)-are effectively "drift netting the forest" causing untold deaths of both indigenous and introduced species. Legislation has been put into place to stop this widespread 'illegal' suffering of animals.
Speaking this week Robyn Kippenberger Chief excutive of the SPCA said 'Whilst there is no provision in the AWA 1999 to take action on the poisoning of a pest animal amendments to the legislation in July of this year provide for the reckless ill treatment of any animal................
The SPCA is is totally opposed to the use of 1080 in the control of deer as death of this species has been shown to be agonising and protracted with significant suffering. It is of deep concern that the Department Of Conservation are using this method to control deer numbers as 1080 is not licensed as a poison to control this species.
She added that "As 1080 is not species specific, the SPCA is extremely concerned by the by-kill resulting from the application of 1080. it is effectively 'drift netting' of the forest causing uncounted deaths of both indigenous and introducd species
Irrespective of all arguments on both sides of the 1080 debate scientific evidence proves that most affected animals will die agonising and likely prolonged deaths.

So yes we are hoping for a prosecution this year on "The reckless Misuse Of The Toxin 1080" and we are on standby to help when we are needed. Whether the help that is needed is financial or help in finding the right case to prosecute.

That there would have to be the most promising thing I have seen or read in the fight against 1080.
I hope they can front up.

Originally Posted by R93

That there would have to be the most promising thing I have seen or read in the fight against 1080.
I hope they can front up.

+1 on both those accounts.

Sick shit