TY - BOOK AU - Benfield,W.F. TI - At war with nature: corporate conservation and the industry of extinction SN - 9781872970431 U1 - 632.9510993 23 KW - Sodium fluoroacetate KW - New Zealand KW - History KW - Government policy KW - Toxicology KW - Environmental aspects KW - Mammal pests KW - Control KW - Pesticides and wildlife N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - "Based on the false premise that possums are a threat to native birds, 1080 kills every living thing in a non-discriminatory basis - possums, rats, birds (native and non-native), insects, worms, bees, fish, butterflies. The forest goes silent for a while until these creatures start to return, rats and mice being the first to do so. This book explains how the true harm of aerial poisoning and exposes the lies that its advocates use to justify the carpet bombing of large areas of pristine forest, lakes and rivers in the name of "conservation.""--Back cover ER -