Thread: West Coast poison drop & no mention of repellant

2 things.
Repellent use seems to be tied to lobbying. Its expensive, but if its lobbied for it will more likely be used. The Tararua, Rimutaka and Haurangi operations over the next couple of years are all with repellent.
And this is an OSPRI/TB operation. Deer will be a by-kill, but not the target species. In any event, 1080 is not registered for use on deer so will not be used anywhere as a targeted/primary poison on them (thats not to say that in their operations DOC aren't quietly pleased when there is a deer by-kill).