ABC Online

A proposal for 1080 poison bait to be listed as a key species-threatening process has been rejected by the New South Wales Scientific Committee. The poison bait is used widely to control foxes and feral dogs throughout the state. Committee chairwoman Professor Leslie Hughes says the scientific evidence does not support a ban on the use of 1080. “There is evidence that non-target organisms like quolls and like native raptors do take the baits and can die,” she said. Read more here