But baiting comes with the risk that other animals will eat it. In Australia, 1080 has long been seen as a kind of "wonder poison"—a chemical deadly to introduced species that many native ...

A citizen scientist and Kiwi bushman has shared photos documenting dozens of invertebrates eating 1080 poison baits in a number of poisoned forests around the Wellington region. Spiders ...

When it comes to 1080 poison, baits aren't generally dug up immediately by wild animals. Uncertainty remains over how long it takes them to gain the confidence to locate and consume them.

In May 1995 the Centre received information from the local Maori community about the random dropping of 1080 poison on Mount Tongariro to combat the possum browse which threatens indigenous flora. The ...