Photo: Allied PressDoc staff have had stones thrown at them, faced death threats and been the victim of other abuse 69 times in less than two years. Threats had been made to burn down Doc offices, shoot down aircraft flying 1080 operations and kill or maim workers. Forest and Bird have criticised the anti-1080 groups for targeting Doc workers. The group's chief conservation adviser, Kevin Hackwell, said Forest and Bird members had also felt the force of the anti-1080 groups' anger. Hackwell said anti-1080 groups needed to stop channelling their anger towards conservation workers.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 15, 2019 16:52 UTC