The Game Animal Council, established under the Game Animal Council Act 2013, is a statutory agency with responsibilities for, inter alia, representing game animal hunters, and advising on and managing aspects of game animal hunting. Game animals are feral pigs, chamois, tahr, and all species of deer.
Whilst the GAC supports biodiversity protection and reduction in the prevalence of bovine TB and hunters are strong advocates for environmental improvements, there are significant potential adverse effects from the application of 1080 poison on social, cultural, economic and natural environments, which may render aerial 1080 application undesirable at certain times or places. These effects require adoption of avoidance, remediation and mitigation actions, as appropriate for the specific context.
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Potential negative effects of aerial 1080 application include:…
