Editing Himalayan tahr (section)

===== Poisoning =====
{{Main|1080 usage in New Zealand}}
[[Image:1080PoisonWarning gobeirne.png|thumb|left|Sign warning of poisonous sodium fluoroacetate baits]]

In 1960, [[Sodium fluoroacetate|sodium monofluoroacetate]], also known as compound 1080, was used to poison tahrs.<ref name="andrews" /> This derivative of fluoroacetic acid is commonly used in many countries such as Mexico, Australia, the United States, and New Zealand as a [[pesticide]]. Compound 1080 is highly water-soluble and is diluted by rainwater and broken down by aquatic microorganisms.<ref name="poison">{{Cite web |url=http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter/nsf/WebPages/RPIO-4ZM7CX?open&gt |title=Poison 1080 |work=Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water, and Environment}}</ref> Water samples after baiting operations did not reveal dangerous levels of the compound.<ref>{{cite journal | last1 = Suren | first1 = A. | last2 = Lambert | first2 = P. | year = 2006 | title = Do toxic baits containing sodium fluroacetate (1080) affect fish and invertebrate communities when they fall into streams? | journal = New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research | volume = 40 | issue = 4| pages = 531–546 | doi=10.1080/00288330.2006.9517443| bibcode = 2006NZJMF..40..531S | s2cid = 85244853 }}</ref>  In the soil, [[sodium monofluoroacetate]] is converted by bacteria and fungi to metabolic products, shown to be nonhazardous to the environment.<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Eason |first1=C. T. |last2=Wright |first2=G. R. |last3=Fitzgerald |first3=H. |year=1992 |title=Sodium Monofluoroacetate (1080) Water-Residue Analysis after Large-Scale Possum Control |journal=New Zealand Journal of Ecology |volume=16 |issue=1 |pages=47–49}}</ref>

According to Australia's Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water, and Environment,<ref name="poison" /> mammals (particularly cats and dogs) are the most susceptible to compound 1080 poisoning. Fish, birds, and amphibians generally are highly tolerant to the poison.<ref name="poison" />  Although compound 1080 is a strong enough pesticide to eradicate the entire tahr population, political pressures from hunter groups hinder its use. Opposition by the general public also contributes to the decreased use of 1080 with concerns that the accumulation of 1080 at higher levels of the food chain will pose danger to mammals such as dogs, deer and pigs.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Clout|first=M N|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48810970|title=Biological invasions : economic and environmental costs of alien plant, animal, and microbe species|publisher=CRC Press|year=2002|isbn=0-8493-0836-4|editor-last=Pimentel|editor-first=David|edition=First|pages=190–193|oclc=48810970}}</ref>