Animals poisoned with 1080 die a days long agonizing death because DoC are exempted from the Animal Welfare Act with respect to 1080 use. In this case, when the mothers are poisoned their fawns die of starvation. EWR “We hoped these organisations had learned their lesson from the public backlash over the 2017 mass poisoning […]
The NZ Deerstalkers Association is demanding answers over scheduling of 1080 poisoning operations during current breeding season, saying new born fawns will starve if poison drops go ahead
23 Saturday Nov 2019
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Given this random cruelty- one suggests that DOC be renamed the ‘Department of Extermination’ (DOE).