The Government has issued permits to cull 200,000 kangaroos, wallabies and wombats, reports The Weekly Times today.
Today’s Weekly Times report comes after Catherine Enright launched a change.org petition that calls for a halt to the killing of wombats. The petition has had over 86,000 signatures.
The petition was started after 60 Minutes and The Age revealed the promotion of wombat shooting at the Balaclava or “Dude Ranch” property at Murrindindi, in association with a ‘Yujiu Villa’ promotion said to be associated with Chinese businessman Tom “Mr Chinatown” Zhou.
“At least three permits are handed out every week in Victoria to someone wanting to kill or trap wombats, as the state government’s cull limit has doubled over a decade,” Samantha Dick of The New Daily stated.
First published Kinglake Ranges News, August 7, 2019.
