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(1) The Communications Guidelines for Aerial 1080 Operations (2009) state that consultation will include options for control (para 2.1), but Coromandel communities were not given any options when Moehau and Papakai forests were poisoned with 1080 in 2013. in 2017 DoC did not consult anyone in the community before notifying the intention to drop 1080 over four Coromandel forests.
(2)
Coromandel Colville Community Board resolutions of 2007, 2009, 2013,
2017 state that use of 1080 in the Coromandel-Colville Ward is
opposed, and support is given for alternative methods of pest
eradication eg; hunting, trapping and cyanide.
(3)
Trapping is targeted and kills what the trap is set to catch. Aerial
1080 is random and kills many native species, particularly eels,
falcons, hawks, and moreporks which prey on poisoned carcasses of
possums and rats. Death is prolonged and cruel. The adverse effects
of aerial 1080 on native wildlife are not avoided, remedied mitigated
as required by Resource Management Act 1991 s5(c).
(4)
District Council and Community Board resolutions against aerial 1080
are a response to community submissions.
(5)
During logging of Coromandel forests, followed by clearance for gold
mining and burning for farming, hardwoods were largely removed. There
are not enough berry-bearing species left to seed the re-generating
rain forest. This can however be achieved by planting as the Kauri
2000 Trust is doing.
(6)
Animals and plants may absorb sub-lethal doses of 1080. After a
forest has been aerially poisoned, bees scavenge 1080 baits and
introduce the poison into their honey. Plants take up 1080 from the
soil and cannot be safely used for herbal medicines. Pigs eat
poisoned possum carcasses and are not considered safe game for six
months. Game meat from a poisoned forest cannot be used by local pet
food manufacturers.
(7)
The agony of animals poisoned by 1080 has been filmed many times.
Internal organs swell and burst out through body orifices. Death
takes many hours. To claim that death by 1080 is "moderately
humane" is simply wrong, based on the evidence. See this film : https://youtu.be/yQRuOj96CRs
(8)
The Treaty of Waitangi 1840 guaranteed to Maori te tino
rangatiratanga o o ratou whenua o ratou kainga me o ratou taonga
katoa. In case law, all native life forms are taonga of Maori.
(9)
Department of Conservation has warned anglers that trout caught
following 1080 drops should not be eaten. Bryce Johnson, CEO of
Fish&Game has remarked, “There is uncertainty around the
existing science. What we need is more robust scientific research to
be undertaken to establish once and for all what the risk is to
humans and freshwater species like trout and the best way to mitigate
that risk." Fishing, September 2016.
(10)
Section 7, Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 :
Precautionary approach: "All persons exercising functions,
powers, and duties under this Act ... shall take into account the
need for caution in managing adverse effects where there is
scientific and technical uncertainty about those effects."
Section 7 link:
http://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1996/0030/latest/DLM382995.html
(11) The Animal Welfare Act 1999 (a)(i) recognises that animals are sentient. Section 2 states: ".. pest means— (a) any animal in a wild state that ... the Minister of Conservation declares, by notice in the Gazette, to be a pest for the purposes of this Act...