This is the first qualitive study to give voice to people whose dogs have been harmed by 1080.

A Deakin University team - comprised of Dr Adam Cardilini, Dr Alexa Hayley and Associate Professor Bill Borrie - interviewed seven people about their dogs’ deaths from 1080 poisoning to understand its impact on dog guardians and their relationships with other animals.

The participants shared uniquely personal stories, yet strikingly all identified the experience of watching their dog die from 1080 poisoning as ‘horrendous’ and ‘horrifying’.

There is no specific antidote for 1080 poisoning, however veterinary treatments can assist in your dog’s survival.

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    I’m in an area where they often have 1080 FOX POISON signs up warning everyone that they are baiting etc.

    I often see dog owners with their dogs off the leash. I always tell them there are baits out. They just don’t seem to care… smh…

    We don’t deserve dogs. Dogs don’t deserve us … 😔

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        Just had a quick read of the dingo wikipedia article because I was under the impression that we didn’t have many pure dingos left. Apparently we do.

        only benefits animal agriculture.

        That is entirely the point. I’m not sure what you thought it was? Dingos aren’t an endangered species and are even a declared pest in some areas.

        In 2018, the IUCN regarded the dingo as a feral dog and discarded it from the Red List

        Even conservationist regard it as a feral species.

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      You really shouldn’t be expecting 100% upvotes for anything you post, and if you do, I’d stop posting now, because it’s completely unrealistic.

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          I agree, downvoting doesn’t really serve a purpose other to give lazy people a way to avoid discussion and debate. The older forums I frequented always had a much higher quality of poster, because people were actually there to talk to each other instead of mindlessly doom scroll and disagree with one button press.

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              We are the same then, I don’t use the horn either. Only for warning people about an impending crash and even then I’m usually too preoccupied with not crashing lol

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                  Watching that channel regularly made me a much more cautious and alert driver. I don’t trust anyone anymore lol

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                  It’s funny you say that, but a lot of times it’s after the idiot has already gone that I actually think about hitting the horn. And then it’s “Well, there’s no point now and it’s only gonna be distracting to other drivers who aren’t asshats…”

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    No antidote? Sheesh maybe they should use a different poison then. Also keeping your dog on a lead is a great idea, especially in baiting areas.

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    I can’t believe that 1080 isn’t banned. It’s an absolutely terrible poison and a horrible way for anything to die. It keeps killing, even animals that eat an animal killed by 1080 die.

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    I grew up on a property where surrounding farms deployed 1080, dad held one of our dogs in his arms as it writhed in pain and died from 1080 poisoning. Horrific experience, absolute cunts.

    Indescriminant killing that has an unknown impact on the ecosystem.

    It should be illegal to bait like that.

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      What animals do they hope to kill?

      1080 is used heaps in NZ but exclusively in wilderness areas and by the government. Mostly to get rid of possums and stoats eating out flightless birds.

      It’s very controversial here too, but I don’t think it actually goes wrong very often, except when people ignore super obvious warnings.

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        What animals do they hope to kill?

        Non native pest species such as feral dogs/cats, foxes, wild pigs, and rabbits.