Letter 'declares war' on Department of Conservation over use of 1080Anti-1080 protesters have "declared war" on the Department of Conservation over its use of the pesticide. (file photo)Anti-1080 protesters are vowing 'all out war' against the Department of Conservation with threats to take down its helicopters as they drop the controversial pesticide into Egmont National Park. In a letter sent to the Department of Conservation and Fairfax Media the group, calling themselves the New Zealand Hunters, threatened to mount a war against the use of the pesticide. "This will be a war like no other, you watch this happen around you. Sanson would not speculate on who wrote the letter or why, as it is now a matter for the police to investigate.

Source: Stuff December 04, 2017 23:07 UTC