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PETITIONS - with a simple click you can make a
difference
Support Ban on Kangaroo Products in the European Union
By signing this petition you can help put an end to the ghastly
slaughter of our native Australian wildlife.
If kangaroo products were banned in the European Union, as they are
already in Russia, then the commercial slaughterers would have nowhere
to sell their product.
Protect Dolphins at Tin Can Bay
By signing this petition you can help sway the Queensland Government's
consideration of a development application that would have a significant
impact on dolphins and other marine life in the Sandy bay area
Save
Cassowaries in North Queensland
By signing this petition you can help sway the Queensland Government's
release of land in far north Queensland. Further development in this area
will place significant pressure on the already endangered Cassowary
LETTER WRITING - with a little more effort,
a bigger affect
Permanent Ban on Duck Hunting in Victoria
A petition calling for a permanent ban on recreation duck shooting in Victoria
has already been tabled in the Victorian parliament.
Sending a letter to your local/all Victorian parliamentarians will underscore
this petition and provided greater weight to existing community-wide calls for the ban.
We have prepared a sample letter and a listing of Victorian parliamentarians
to get you started.
PUBLIC EVENTS / DEMONSTRATIONS - now we're talking
There are currently no public
events or demonstrations that Wildlife Advocate is aware of.
Let us
know of any you are organising and we will post the information here for others to
see.
INVESTIGATIONS
Non-Commercial Hunting of Kangaroos in Australia
Whilst the commercial kangaroo
harvesting industry has been the subject of much debate and campaigning by
Wildlife Advocate and others, there is still a dark underbelly in the issue and
management of non-commercial or destruction licenses.
Wildlife Advocate has lodged a detailed report with the NSW Government outlining
the failures in the administration of the non-commercial licensing program.
Wildlife Advocate understands the the NSW Department of the Environment, Climate
Change and Water is now reviewing its non-commercial licensing scheme.
ACT Kangaroo Management Plan
The first ACT Kangaroo Management
Plan has been released.
Whilst the plan claims
to be scientifically based it contains many subjective and unsubstantiated value
judgements such as 'overabundance of kangaroos' and 'too many kangaroos'.
These subjective statements are made in an evidentiary vacuum as the plan does
not set out what is an appropriate number, or density of, kangaroos on the
various land types and/or land use categories.
Wildlife Advocate will continue
to engage with the ACT government over its treatment of kangaroos as scapegoats.
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