Sodium monofluoroacetate, or generally known as Compound 1080, is a poison commonly used to control pest species and wildlife populations in forestry and agriculture. The poison was initially synthesised in 1896 by a Belgian scientist and during the 1940’s was developed as a rodenticide in the USA. It was discovered that Compound 1080 occurs naturally in plants in a number of countries including Australia. In Tasmania Compound 1080 was first used as rabbit poison in 1952. It is now used to control the native wildlife, such as the Bennett’s wallaby, Tasmanian pademelon and the Brushtail possum, from damaging horticultural crops and forestry plantations. It is also used to control rabbit and fox populations.