Current Issues
Public Demonstration (Sydney)
Wildlife Advocate is joining
like-minded groups and individuals in promoting a Demonstration Against
The Slaughter of Kangaroos in the ACT. Be
outside NSW Parliament House (Macquarie
Street, Sydney) at 12:00pm - 12:45pm on
Thursday, 7 July 2010
This demonstration is to bring
public attention to the slaughter of up to 1890 kangaroos, and countless numbers
of joeys, in Nature Parks around Canberra.
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.
Destruction/Non-Commercial Licences
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 received numerous
reports of National Parks and Wildlife officers (or equivalent):
- issuing such licences without proper investigation or validation of the landholders claims of damage;
- failing to check that the conditions of such licences are complied with (eg. that kangaroos are shot humanely)
- failing to investigate claims of illegal shooting
Wildlife Advocate is undertaking
a comprehensive investigation of the management practices of National Parks and
Wildlife Services across Australia and will be presenting its findings to
government later this year.
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