To all intents, therefore, 1080 has become the “opium of conservation”. The prioritisation of eradicating rats and mustelids using 1080 has also diverted focus away from other threats to our native fauna: Magpies, myna birds, weasels, ferrets, hedgehogs and feral cats for instance displace or kill birds, insects and amphibia. UnitedFuture therefore believe the wholesale aerial dispersal of 1080 is a failed pestmanagement strategy and must be reconsidered.
negative towards protectionism, in favour of free trade