We call for an immediate halt to the
planned aerial 1080 drops by Department of Conservation over Te Moengahau o Tametekapua and surrounding forests of Te Whai o te Ika, the Coromandel
Peninsula.
DoC does not have the social licence to carry out this operation. According to their own research, an increasing majority of New Zealanders find "aerial poisoning unacceptable". 90% of New Zealanders support trapping, 89% support hunting as a means of pest control. ( IPSOS Survey 2016, p81-82)
