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

Originally Posted by Rushy

The solution to the complete eradication of possums, ferrets, stoats, weasels, rats and mice is easy to conceive. We simply need to find a species specific chemical compound that either neuters or spays or some how permanently prevents reproduction and then apply it widely across the country to each of the species. Once done it will result in there being no more animals of those species after the expiry of the lifetime of the youngest of them at the time of the application.

There you go fellas, it was easy to theorise the solution. Now all we need to do is find a bunch of clever scientists to identify the species specific chemical compound, mass produce it and then spread it it over every crack, crevice, rock and tree in the country. The bunny lovers and tree huggers will even be disarmed as each animal only will die naturally at the end of its life.

The down side (there is always a downside) is that while we wait out the time to research and identify the species specific chemical compound, mass produce it, spread it widely, and let the target species live to the end of their days, they (the target species) will continue doing what they do so we will need to continue to run a parallel program to protect the native species in the meantime. Oh and the other downside is the megagazzillion dollar budget that this would require.

Someone should pick this idea up and run with it. Rushy is prepared to gift the intellectual property he has vested in conceiving this ultimate solution (hasn’t someone else used that terminology) to the people of New Zealand for a small royalty of ten New Zealand cents per target species animal.

It sounds good Rushy but if the unthinkable happened and it jumped species to humans then there would be no more Rushy's and that would be a tragedy. As someone else said these sorts of experiments can be scary shit if it all goes wrong, good you are thinking outside the square though