"How many native species are going to perish because of this effort...."
The short answer is zero.
According to the link another poster provided the Australians running the program have a bait station unattractive to all non target species. Actual poison will only be in the bait stations for three hours and during that time each station will be monitored by a human to determine if any non target species visited.
The larger concern is why do people always figure the other guy is stupid and has not thought of things like this and is incapable of protecting nature? I see this kind of unproductive response all the time from a whole lot of people when just a few minutes checking the details would answer the question. It never in history has been so simple to check. The only skill you need is to be able to sift out the 90% crap to get the real answer.
Dick
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