The trial appears to be planned for National Parks and to be conducted by NPWS.
I would think that all hoops will well and truly jumped through.
I think we will see more baiting programs using cyanide. 1080 baiting is now
regarded as inhumane by several animal welfare groups, including the RSPCA.
Cyanide kills much more quickly and has an almost zero incidence of secondary
poisoning, because of very rapid breakdown in the gut.
Carl Clifford
On 22/07/2012, at 11:12, Dave Torr <> wrote:
> One wonders what effect cyanide will have on native animals? Whilst I am in
> favour of getting rid of ferals the use of an indiscriminate poison sounds
> like a potential problem to me.
>
> On 22 July 2012 10:02, Carl Clifford <> wrote:
> Dear B-A,
>
> The hunting lobby in NSW is keen to show how concerned they are about animal
> welfare. So much so that some members of the fraternity have been
> distributing a pamphlet condemning the "horror" trial of cyanide baiting for
> deer and goats in National Parks, claiming it would cause a "welfare
> disaster" for deer. Of course, one could be cynical and say that the baiting
> program would reduce the number of deer available to be shot by the hunting
> fraternity. Animals Australia seem to have taken umbrage at part of their web
> site being taken and used out of context in the pamphlet. Poor little
> Nimrods, no body understands that they are the worlds key conservationists.
>
> The affair can be found at :
> http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/save-the-deer--for-hunters-20120721-22gy4.html
>
> Carl Clifford
>
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