Gwion wrote:Totally disagree with that last statement/sentence.
Native wildlife should be protected for countless reasons. It would be easy enough for anyone wanting to hunt a particular species to acquire a permit under controlled conditions. Wholesale and free reign destruction of species is how many are driven to the brink of extinction before any protective measures can be put in place for threatened species.
"Oh, crap... there's only 5 breeding pairs of them left.... we better put them on the list... oops... Joe Blogs just shot two!"
It is much easier and safer to have a blanket "no take" policy with limited exceptions than to do it the other way around, as suggested above.
Total disagreement is totally agreeable
else we'd have little to banter about...
If a species is plentiful, and its on private property.... why should it not be taken? If I'd like to eat a Kangaroo....I need to convince some bureaucrat in Spring Street Melbourne, that the Roos are not just eating my crops and pastures, but competing with stock and disturbing/reducing my income otherwise generated, or causing other damage.... but I can go to Coles and buy NSW Roo?? Thats not sensible to my thinking...
A blanket no take policy is just a huge waste of a resource. The native species should also be 'un' protected for countless reasons. and its not easy to obtain a permit, nowadays, you need to convince them you've exhausted non-lethal control measures;
Non-lethal control
It is DELWP policy that all practical non-lethal control options must be exhausted before you apply for an ATCW for lethal control. There are a number of long - term solutions available to manage wildlife damage that do not require an ATCW. For example, fencing or netting to exclude animals, planting different types of crops, or planting at different times. While lethal control may seem like the immediate answer, it is time-consuming and often must be repeated to be effective.
An ATCW is required by law to disturb wildlife through scaring, harassing, dispersing, trapping or translocating. For example
, a landholder using a gas gun to frighten birds from their orchard would require an ATCW, while a landholder using netting and a scarecrow would not.
So they want you to fence! or change crops instead of shooting.... note you need a control permit to SCARE the roos...that what happens when you get the enviro types infiltrating the government department...