Tasmanian Devil Deaths
The Concerned Residents Opposed to the Westbury Prison Site has posted a very disturbing picture of a juvenile Tasmanian devil that has been run over by a car.
The Concerned Residents Opposed to the Westbury Prison Site has posted a very disturbing picture of a juvenile Tasmanian devil that has been run over by a car.
The shocking numbers of Tasmanian devils killed on the roads in the north-west of Tasmania has been brought to public attention.
Late on Friday, under the cover of a Budget update, so-called ‘Sustainable’ Timber Tasmania finally released the FSC audit report.
The swift parrot is no better protected today than it was yesterday under the Liberals in Government.
Sustainable Timbers Tasmania’s ‘Three Year Wood Production Plan’ is a climate disaster.
The Minister is quoted in today's media rightly celebrating a slow recovery of the endangered Tasmanian devil on the Tasman and Forestier peninsulas.
Approximately 1 animal every 2 minutes is killed on Tasmanian roads, which equates to at least 300,000 animals annually, including 3,000 Tasmanian devils.
Environment Minister, Matthew Groom, has not denied he intends to delist 12 native animal species from the Tasmanian List of Threatened Species.
Treasurer Gutwein must ensure that fireworks permits issued within one kilometre of the Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary are cancelled before fireworks night.
If Mr Groom is serious about the future of the Tasmanian Devil he must commit to restoring the bans on 1080 and broadscale land clearing.