Anti-1080 group threat to take down helicopters, poison milk

Name: Farmer uses helicopter to move stock from 1080 poison drop zone
Uploaded: 2017-08-30T16:33:21+12:00
Description: Deer farmer Peter Adlam resorted to using a helicopter to shift valuable hinds from the intended drop-zone for a 1080 poison operation alongside his property above the Waikanae River on the Kapiti Coast. He says the drop is unnecessary and is dangerous to his animals and the area's water supply catchment, which surrounds the area.

AAP

5 Dec, 2017 12:14 AM2 mins to read

Deer farmer Peter Adlam resorted to using a helicopter to shift valuable hinds from the intended drop-zone for a 1080 poison operation alongside his property above the Waikanae River on the Kapiti Coast. He says the drop is unnecessary and is dangerous to his animals and the area's water supply catchment, which surrounds the area.

An anti-1080 group is threatening to bring down Department of Conservation helicopters if it drops the controversial pesticide in Taranaki's Egmont National Park.

The threat comes just a month after the group, called the New Zealand Hunters, illegally released dozens of sika deer into north Taranaki forests in what DOC