1080 baits are used to kill foxes, cats and dingoes—but other animals can be more likely to eat them
That means poison baits can be an important conservation tool to control numbers of foxes and feral cats and give native species a better chance of survival. But baiting comes with the risk that other ...
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Pregnant Women in NZ Warned to Avoid 1080 Drops
1080 is a metabolic poison called sodium fluoroacetate and is used to kill unwanted pests such as rats, stoats and possums. While there is no direct evidence of the poison causing harm ...
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1080 baits are used to kill foxes, cats and dingoes—but other animals can be more likely to eat them
But southeastern Australia has no species of poison pea, meaning native animals in this region may be more susceptible to 1080 than elsewhere. Our research suggests a huge number of poison baits ...