Vandaag in heel Nieuw Zeeland protesten tegen gif 1080

1080 campaigners protest around NZ

15-11-2009 By Bob McNeil, 3News, New Zealand


Today is poisons day and campaigners have been marching in a number of centres, targeting the use of 1080 poison.

Campaigners want the poison banned, but the Animal Health Board and the Department of Conservation say that in certain circumstances it's the best way of controlling predators and disease-carrying possums.

Anti-1080 protestors marched in Auckland and 16 other centres around the country today.

They believe 1080 poison can be harmful to human beings and when it comes to killing animals, it doesn't discriminate between pests and other species.

Thomas Greve, of Poison Free NZ, says 1080 is poisonous to everything it touches.

“Most of us are greenies - health loving people - we love our animals and we're out there demanding this stop,” he says.
“It poisons everything, the soil, the insects, and of course non-targeted species, that's our concern - we're not sabotagers.”

William McCook of the AHB says the poison is not dangerous to people.
“Current methodology and technical knowledge ensures that 1080 doesn't pose any risk to human health, and it has in fact good net benefits to environmental factors - your bird life, your ecology,” he says.

The AHB says 1080 is important because it helps protect our premier markets for export products.

The poison-free campaigners say they want to work with Doc to help them get more funding for research because they believe there are better ways of controlling pests than dropping poisons on inaccessible land.

(Bron: http://www.3news.co.nz/)
(Bron foto: 3news)

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