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Victorian Environment and Agriculture Ministers continue to place a bounty on the head of a threatened native species – the dingo
The Victorian government recently announced a digitised, streamlined administrative process for ‘wild dog’ bounty applications and payment to hunters. These changes are clearly a cost saving device. The current bounty for so-called ‘wild dog’ scalps is $120. The refinement and continuation of the ‘wild dog’ bounty as a gross waste of public funds, as environmentally…
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Abandon Duck Shooting and encourage Eco Tourism in the Garden State
Duck shooting is a cruel and barbaric remnant activity that Daniel Andrews Government are loathe to let go of. Tourism for Victoria? Welcome to The Cruelty State – opposed by those who live in the Garden State – Victorians. “Come see what the choice really means Daniel Andrews’ comment that Victorians are ″free to make…
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Dingoes a threatened protected species under the FFG Act, tortured for pelts
Listed as a threatened native taxon in Victoria, and protected under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act, the Dingo continues to be subject to unnecessary persecution, lethal control and cruelty, including at the hands of recreational hunters through the Victorian bounty scheme for pelts and the unnecessary use of 1080 poison. In practice, recreational hunters…
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Is the Victorian Labor Government Serious about Reconciliation?
The government can follow the best scientific advice and recognise historical mistakes through ensuring a fundamental policy reset to ensure that dingoes, crucial to ecosystem stability and health, are protected and governed responsibly. Or, it can continue with an inherited colonial bias, which sees dingoes mischaracterised as ‘invasive’ vermin to be killed for poison industry…