(MENAFN- The Conversation) Use of sodium fluoroacetate poison baits – commonly known as 1080 – to kill unwanted animals is widespread in Australia. But it occurs largely out of sight and out of mind.

Around the world, humans routinely kill carnivores to protect livestock and game, increase human safety and conserve native wildlife. Unfortunately, killing carnivores often creates new problems ...

The former Labor government banned the use of 1080 from next year, based on the findings of a federally funded five-year program to establish alternatives to the use of the poison. Agriculture ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Tasmania. Followed categories will be added to My News. In data obtained by the Mercury under Right to Information laws, 28 crop protection permits were issued for ...

The toxin Sodium Fluoroacetate, typically called 1080, was first approved for use in New Zealand in 1964 to control introduced pests. It is normally used to target possums, but is also used for rats, ...

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Agriculture Victoria will survey farmers about 1080 use, as it spends $1 million trying to find an alternative to the widely used poison. The Victorian Budget 2023-24 invested $1 million over two ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Mackay. Followed categories will be added to My News. Kula, his eight-and-a-half-year-old Weimaraner, had "gone wild" in his caravan home after, Mr Miels believes, ...

The Greens are concerned native wildlife could be in danger after the government issued a permit for a potent poison to be used at a Southern Midlands property. In state parliament on Wednesday, ...