Last year NSW Government allowed the aerial baiting with 1080 poison in National Parks. The poison has no ANTIDOTE and even kills other animals that scavenge the carcass of the poisoned animal.
Groups of people from all over Australia protested to the NSW government to abandon their baiting programme but to no avail.
The government even changed its policy and on 3rd of October 2006. IAN MACDONALD, M.L.C., Minister for Primary Industries signed off on the order to allow the use of this hideous poison and to allow it to be thrown out of aircraft speculating where it’s going to land; one can only contemplate it was to please his farming buddies.
Watch out mums and dads in the NSW don’t let your children eat anything they find in their backyards, it might be a poison bait dropped there by a crow, flying overhead from the nearby National Park in your city.
Think that I’m a bleeding heart; well I don’t care what you think, no animal needs to die a horrible death from 1080 poison and that includes humans. Don’t believe me about the government Look for yourself click here If this link is broken do a search at the dpi for "pest-control-order-11.pdf" as the department changes the links to keep the public from finding the truth.
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There is now no area in NSW that our national dog is safe.
Having read the document found through the link posted, I am appalled at the senselessness of the order signed by Ian MacDonald. Ironic that the dingo is no longer permitted in the state forest of Dingo. I'm even more disturbed that this eradication (word usage from the order itself) is approved of and sanctioned - is one man truly permitted to hold sway over the survival of an endangered species in this supposed climate of environmental awareness and protection of same? And people ask me why I dprefer animals ...
It does not only happen in NSW, other places like Western Australia are doing similar things. One good thing of late, is that the dingo is now protected under the fauna and flora guarantee act here in Victoria but baiting still goes on to control the wild dogs. We all just have to keep up the fight to save the dingo.
After reading this, I contacted Lyn at the Dingo Discovery Centre on 13.11.08. I went to visit her and see her facility on Friday 14.11.08 and was wowed.
I only wish I had enough money to purchase all the dingoes there needing permanent placement. None should ever go begging for a home.
We joined, as a family, and will now do what we can to raise the profile of this much-maligned yet amazing native species.
I have now added the dingo to my lobbying campaign - I also lobby for changes to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.
Please feel free to offer any suggestions.
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