Thread: SPCA call out 1080 for what it is - good on you !!

Originally Posted by Chur Bay

I've done my share of work in the bush too. Trapping stoats and working for a number of years setting up Maungatautari. The problem with trapping is that it's not just about possums. You've got to hit the rats and stoats too. Which means a shit load of traps. Trapping might be a viable alternative in the front country but sure as fuck isn't in the back country. Even if we had enough people to do it. Which we don't.

Possibly because economic incentives are currently getting poured into 1080 helicopter outfits? SPCA is proposing a giant U-turn in NZ thinking, not just a wee tweak.