If an organism has brain damage, heart failure, nausea, vomiting, hyper activity and central nervous system failure, these are symptoms that 1080 possibly could have been consumed. The death of the organism normally takes about 1 to 24 hours but it also depends on the dosage and how much has been consumed. The organisms face an inhumane death which is a reason for opposition because the animal deteriorates over a period of time. Although 1080 is soluble in water it means that it decomposes in wet and moist environments. 1080 can stay in a dead animals bones and tissue long after its dead and decomposes this means that there are chances that another animal can get secondary poisoning as it was mentioned before. It is recommended that all poisoned
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The main people who oppose the use of 1080 are mainly farmers and hunters. Peter Salter who has had 40 years’ experience from possum trapping, venison hunting and working with tourists for 30 years, says that he has witnessed first-hand the disgust of tourists when they discover that we use this poison. People like Peter and other hunters and farmers who occupy their time outside in the environment and are directly affected because the use of 1080 can interfere with their daily activities and jobs. It can affect activities such as tramping, hunting and tramping as these are common recreational activities in our country. It is disappointing if individuals and groups cannot gain access and are threatened by the poison. A reason why hunters and farmers stand against 1080 is because it’s effecting wild deer population. A 1080 operation that took place in the South of Dunedin showed that there was a 75% decrease of the number of wild deer after an 1080 aerial …show more content…
A drawback from this is that with 1080 lurking on our land, there has been a decrease in deer numbers overall which makes hunting difficult as there are no deers to hunt and leaving farmers and hunters with no work. Another social implication of 1080 is that there is a risk to pet owners and the public especially to those who own dogs. 1080 is highly lethal to dogs and there have been a number of events where dogs have swallowed 1080 pellets and baits resulting in death through secondary poisoning by feeding on possum carcasses as well. On the West Coast there are warning signs saying that baits or carcasses are deadly to
The main people who oppose the use of 1080 are mainly farmers and hunters. Peter Salter who has had 40 years’ experience from possum trapping, venison hunting and working with tourists for 30 years, says that he has witnessed first-hand the disgust of tourists when they discover that we use this poison. People like Peter and other hunters and farmers who occupy their time outside in the environment and are directly affected because the use of 1080 can interfere with their daily activities and jobs. It can affect activities such as tramping, hunting and tramping as these are common recreational activities in our country. It is disappointing if individuals and groups cannot gain access and are threatened by the poison. A reason why hunters and farmers stand against 1080 is because it’s effecting wild deer population. A 1080 operation that took place in the South of Dunedin showed that there was a 75% decrease of the number of wild deer after an 1080 aerial …show more content…
A drawback from this is that with 1080 lurking on our land, there has been a decrease in deer numbers overall which makes hunting difficult as there are no deers to hunt and leaving farmers and hunters with no work. Another social implication of 1080 is that there is a risk to pet owners and the public especially to those who own dogs. 1080 is highly lethal to dogs and there have been a number of events where dogs have swallowed 1080 pellets and baits resulting in death through secondary poisoning by feeding on possum carcasses as well. On the West Coast there are warning signs saying that baits or carcasses are deadly to