Application for the modified reassessment of PredaSTOP for stoats ( - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Application for the modified reassessment of PredaSTOP for stoats (Mustela erminea)

Purpose of application

 To remove the control requiring users to notify

landowners/occupiers within 3km of a control

• peration using PredaSTOP for stoats

 The current controls already cover the exclusion

• f cats when targeting stoats

“The bait station design must be appropriate to the target pest, while excluding non-target species”

Application Context

 No PAPP has been sold for stoat or feral cat

control in NZ since registration in 2011

 Notification and label requirements are the sole

reasons for zero uptake by users

 Label changes have been made with ACVM

(MPI)

Background

 Stoat control limited to trapping + relying on

2ndary poisoning of stoats that scavenge rats after 1080 and brodifacoum operations

 Labour intensive and expensive  Two field trials with PAPP achieved 83% and

87% decrease in stoat abundance in 5 days

 PAPP was registered as PredaSTOP for the

control of stoats in 2011

Background

Key attributes of an ideal toxin

 Effective  Humane  Low residue  Low risk of 2ndary poisoning  An antidote

• PAPP has all of these attributes
• The first registered toxin for stoat control

Background

 PAPP baits for stoats are 35mg and for

cats they are 200mg

 For a stoat control operation using PAPP

to be successful, it is key to exclude cat access (feral and domestic) to baits

 Bait station use has not changed – stoat

bait stations/traps remain the same as when substance was approved

Risks

 The primary risk for this product is the

poisoning of domestic animals namely cats

 Notifying land owners/occupiers of an

• peration will marginally reduce this risk

 Ensuring that cats cannot access baits is

the most effective way to reduce this risk to negligible

Benefits

 PredaSTOP for stoats will be used  More cost-effective and easier to use  Enhanced stoat control will provide wider

protection for native species including kiwi, mohua, kaka and whio

 Effective control of stoats in close

proximity to urban and peri-urban areas

Support

 All four submissions support removing

the notification control

 No submissions in opposition  EPA in support of removing notification

requirement

Summary

 Connovation Ltd would like the 3km

notification requirement removed

 We oppose the requirement for a specific

bait station to be approved as this will hinder innovation

 If any change to the current control

around bait stations is required then examples of stoat bait stations is sufficient