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A VICTORIAN WILD HORSE INMATE PROGRAM Wild-living Brumbies can help reduce reoffending in adult and juvenile offenders
A VICTORIAN WILD HORSE INMATE PROGRAM for wild-living Brumbies with inmates can help reduce reoffending in adult and juvenile offendersI am lobbying to end the cruel and barbaric slaughter of wild living Brumbies, and to introduce Legislation, that will protect any environmental issues as well as wild living Brumbies. From time to time, it may…
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Victorian Labor’s Dangerous Love Affair with the Gun and Hunting Lobbies
Victorian Labor’s Dangerous Love Affair with the Gun and Hunting Lobbies Over its past two terms in office, the Victorian Labor Government has been silently weakening controls over gun ownership while encouraging the slaughter of native wildlife by recreational hunters. Earlier this year, when challenged about continued recreational hunting of Victorian native water birds, the…
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Victorian Ministers turn a blind eye to hunting of a listed threatened species – the dingo
As it stands, the Victorian policy and regulatory framework for the protection of Dingoes, Australia’s native apex terrestrial predator is a mess. It is ill-informed, environmentally destructive and is a product of governmental incompetence. Although listed as a threatened native animal under the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act, protective measures are so flawed and…
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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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A Win for Pensioners!
Companion Animals can and do perform an invaluable role in the lives of many Pensioners. Companion animals provide not only companionship but a sense of comfort and well being. With the escalating costs of food, utilities, petrol, and day to day living and rent, many Pensioners cannot afford to pay Vet Bills, and many are…