Environment Canterbury has applied for a regional resource consent for the use of 1080 for the control of rabbits, wallabies and to a lesser extent, possums through the targeted spread of carrot bait and cereal pellets by aerial drop.
The application has been made at the request of the region’s pest district committees and other land-occupiers as part of an integrated approach to regional pest management. Currently, separate applications have to be made for each aerial 1080 application. As a process, this is inefficient and expensive and a better way of working is needed as soon as possible.
If granted, the resource consent would facilitate the use of 1080 or pindone in appropriate circumstances by accredited contractors without the need for an individual consent for each use.
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