New Zealand Robins and 1080 Poison
A number of robin deaths have been recorded as a result of accidental 1080 poisoning following pest control operations, however most of these were associated with just four operations in the 1980s that used poor-quality carrot baits. These instances aside, robins have generally responded well to pest control programmes using aerial 1080 operations, with increased chick and adult survival, and increases in population size. A 2012 scientific study of a marked population by the University of Otago demonstrated that a contemporary 1080 poison operations using cereal baits had no negative impact on robins and was likely to increase the population by removing the threat of mammalian predators.
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