Thread: Cobb fallow are certainly doomed

Originally Posted by deer243

FFS, DOC have came out saying today after the last 1080 drops in the Cobb they have rat numbers surviving 20% more than they hoped and now will hit the area again and other areas more intensely.
They going to increase the 1080 amount from 1.5kg to 2kg per hec . Thats surely the end of the fallow up there if it wasnt the case before and will hit the reds hard as well.
If DOC think they can really wipe out Rats using 1080 they have less brains they a stone.

That is pretty shit for the deer herd. Are they using repellent?

Doc know full well rats wont be wiped out by 1080, its about reducing numbers temporalrely to allow increased fledgling recruitment for the local bird populations. Adult birds are for the most part harder prey, but the eggs and chicks get hammered. Rats will outlive us on this planet....