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  • Animal pests
    • Methods of control
      • 1080 poison for pest control
        • Videos about 1080
          • 1080 poison does not kill crayfish
          • 1080 poison helps forests and birds
          • 1080 poison helps native bats
          • 1080 poison helps native parakeets
          • 1080 poison helps native robins
          • 1080 poison helps native snails
          • 1080 poison helps whio
          • Brownbill's facts are wrong
          • Collins's facts are wrong
          • Dawn chorus before and after a 1080 drop
          • Graf brothers facts are wrong
          • Kiwi 1080 death a fake
          • Māori & 1080 – Separating myth from fact
          • Minimising risk of 1080 to kea
          • Possum problem for NZ plants and birds
          • Saving mohua in Westland
          • Suppressing rats protects birds
          • Use of 1080 poison on the West Coast

1080 poison helps native snails

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Possums

Invertebrates - including snails

Possums cause massive problems for New Zealand's native species.

Periodic use of the biodegradable poison 1080 to kill possums has reversed the decline in snail populations.

 

 

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Pesticide summaries list where pesticides such as 1080 have been laid

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