This is What ‘Predator Free New Zealand’ Looks Like

A video of the results of a recent large scale drop of 1080 bait near Lake Taupo. “people are drawing their water from this creek”… and deer carcasses litter the landscape… poisoned carcasses are left to decompose in streams. The bodies are toxic and can kill… 20 species of native birds feed on the pellets,…

Mount Tongariro Erupts, Ash Cloud Heading East – updated

The North Island’s Mount Tongariro (Mount Doom of the Lord of the Rings movies) has erupted and an ash cloud is headed east. Ash deposits were later found to contain Fluorine which is  toxic and often used in pesticides (including 1080: Sodium monofluoroacetate) If further falls of greater than 2 mm (0.08 of an inch) are…