While state governments progress with undoing the Howard government's reigning in of gun ownership, allowing unsupervised hunting by 12 year olds, and proceed to allow hunting in our national parks (see list), all governments remain weak at the knees with regard to outlawing the slaughter of dugongs, turtles and the rare snubnose dolphin.... More
KoalaTracker is Australia's national koala map and database, mapping the location of koala populations, points of impact and causes of death and injury for the public record. KoalaTracker empowers localised advocacy, enables more effective risk mitigation, adds to research and engages the community to save the koala. This blog discusses the knowledge gained through member submissions, koala mapping and location intelligence, scientific research and government action. Please join the conversation.
Nobody should be allowed to hunt endangered wildlife
Alex Harris - Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Going, going, gone...
Alex Harris - Friday, June 08, 2012
It is five weeks since the koala was listed as vulnerable in Queensland, NSW and ACT. In that five week period, more than 400 reports were added to KoalaTracker.com.au, many of those are deaths and injuries dating back several months. Vulnerable doesn’t come close to describing the situation for the... More
Why Bother? Australian wildlife are simply pests
Alex Harris - Friday, March 26, 2010
Each day it seems, I find it harder to claim to be a proud Australian. We are a nation of rorters, scamming the government - our fellow tax-payers - of millions of dollars of funding for an initiative to provide jobs and reduce energy consumption as the country faced a... More |
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