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Three regional parks in south-east Auckland are closed for a 1080 poison programme. Hunua Ranges, Waharau and Whakatiwai Regional Parks, along with tracks in neighbouring Mangatawhiri and Vining ...

When it comes to 1080 poison, baits aren't generally dug up immediately by wild animals. Uncertainty remains over how long it takes them to gain the confidence to locate and consume them.

Most Australians have heard of 1080 bait. Many of us know that it's a dangerous and toxic substance used as a poison, but not everyone is aware of exactly why it's used in the first place. Growing ...

It comes as a study finds West Australian brushtail possums have developed resistance to 1080 after natural exposure to the toxin in local plants.

Farmers use the sodium fluoroacetate poison 1080 to control invasive animals like wild pigs, feral dogs, foxes and rabbits. Mr Miels said Kula was "screaming" until she was overcome by the poison.

Kula, his eight-and-a-half-year-old Weimaraner, had "gone wild" in his caravan home after, Mr Miels believes, consuming the common agricultural poison 1080. Fellow Sarina resident Alan Kochevatkin ...

Use of sodium fluoroacetate poison baits – commonly known as 1080 – to kill unwanted animals is widespread in Australia. But it occurs largely out o ...

1080 poison bait sign. Photo by Rhyshuw1/Wikimedia Commons Lethal control by 1080 Since the 1950s, Australian governments, private contractors and property owners have used 1080 poison baits to kill ...

We may see signs warning the baits have been laid, but we rarely see the consequences. When someone else’s dog dies after eating 1080 poison bait, news reports briefly rattle our sense of security.