Thread: Help Stop 1080, please sign

Originally Posted by Cordite

More manpower needed, so more wage earners, so less unemployed getting up to no good in the idle time the devil fills. I don't see the problem in profits not being highly concentrated with fewer operators who have helicopters, poison manufacturing plants, etc.

NZ unfortunately has a large unemployed workforce. Some not able to upskill to highly technical jobs but then again they are also not strong enough to spend all their working lives wrecking their bodies in an abattoir.

Small is Beautiful is worth revisiting. It should be right up the Greens' alley, but they are against firearms at a very visceral level hard so the colour of their glasses does not allow them to see clearly.

Unfortunately New Zealands millennials dont want to do it because it means hard work (Hats off to those who do it, Ive done some possuming in Central Otago in the Cromwell Gorge when I was a fit kid and it is easy country compared to most places) . And there is no incentive to do that when you can make money by doing nothing on the dole. Half of the reason we are having to import so many people to do the work NZer's dont feel like doing.
Yeah, the Greens. The ones who want to be green but want to fill the country up with people who cause more pollution and land/wildlife/river destruction - makes no sense at all.

Originally Posted by Wirehunt

I'm NOT for it. I've seen the mess hunters make of rabbits.

Ive seen the mess some hunters make of buildings, old cars, road signs and much more, that doesnt impress me much either. I also remember rabbit boards laying oats in Central Otago and the sight and smell of hundreds of dead rabbits, that made a mess.

Originally Posted by Wirehunt

You do the numbers properly, even a very below par person could easily cover 2000 hectares in a year, that 110,000 at 55 a hectare. And because they are targeting they will get a much better result than 1080. Steady steady will always win the race.

Sure, and an aircraft could cover that ground in maybe a few days or a week or something - that person isnt very time effective, 1 week versus 52 weeks.

Guys, please appreciate Im not having a go at anyone, Im not shooting any ideas down in flames, Im just pointing out there are points that need to be discussed and overcome to make a case to take to parliament to get 1080 stopped.

And if any case to stop 1080 goes to parliament is needs to be more water tight than a ducks bum.

My opinion only.

Personally, Im not pro 1080 and infact maybe a little more on the anti side because we had a family cat die of 1080 poisoning - well that wasnt the cause of death actually, it was my Dad bumping it on the head that killed it when there was no other option. But then again I released a cat (no idea whos cat it was) from a gin trap and bought it home and we had to take its leg off with a hammer and cold chisel. It healed over and stayed with us and we had a 3 legged cat for many years. Cats lives in rabbit country can be hard. But I do see a need for pest control.

Anyway, I want to thank you for the level headed discussion and debate, although currently living in the city I dont have pest problems (unless you call them neighbours), I enjoy the discussion. See if it can be kept going and you never know someone may stumble onto a solution.

Cheers