Please HELP us to Ban 1080 (sodium monofluroacetate)!!
- thedingopackt
- Jul 5, 2019
- 1 min read
PLEASE sign this petition to help Ban 1080 to protect our beautiful Dingoes, and other Australian wildlife from such a cruel, devasatating and unnecessary poison...
http://chng.it/fZFHSRFNsp
Jen Parker, Co-Founder and Owner of "Aussie Canis Dingo Day" is doing some amazing work to bring awareness to this issue, and has some very relevant and insightful opinions...
http://jennyleeparker3.wixsite.com/aussie-canis-dingo/single-post/2015/06/27/PROTECT-THE-DINGO-AND-BAN-1080-POISON
Here are some pertinent studies that demonstrate the role of the Dingo in protecting and maintaining the biodiversity of Australia's unique ecosystem (re-introducing the pure Dingo into the Australian environment, and with relevant government protections, is the only effective way to bring health and balance back to our ecosystem, and to prevent stock predation and reduce pasture degradation from over-abundant macropods)...
- Dingo helping Barn Owls:
- Dingo helping Helmeted Turtles:
For those with a deeper academic interest in the matter, you might like to review the following studies regarding the potential implications of 1080 use for "non-target" species (e.g. our native birds, quolls, goanna etc.)...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/nontarget-organism
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/nontarget-organism
...And to demonstrate the risks involved with the use of 1080, this is an interesting case of some sheep wearing collars impregnated with 1080 (for the purpose of deterring predators), who ironically died en masse as a result of their exposure to small doses of the deadly poison...
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0300985813486813
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