The Government Agency - NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) - operates under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974
and the Government Department - Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DoCCEEW)
- operates under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.
The DoCCEEW Kangaroo Management statement implies that...
1. Kangaroo Management is a Conservation Activity
2. Kangaroo populations need to be managed by us.
It is not CONSERVATION to eliminate a keystone bush regenerating species like the KANGAROO from the landscape.
Kangaroos manage their own breeding very effectively no human interference required.
HUMAN BREEDING however is completely out of control.
The NPWS Kangaroo Management statement says that...
The DoCCEEW aims to get a balance between Conserving all Macropod species and...
1. managing damage caused to privately owned land
2. Environmental Sustainability.
It is not soft pawed Keystone Macropod species who cause damage to the land.
It is Colonial orientated human beings and their imported hard hooved stock animals
who have always been the destroyers of the natural world - land, air and water.
You don't achieve Environmental Sustainability by eliminating the keystone species that has been Australia's Environmental Engineer for over 20 million years.
Industry capture of prominent people in NPWS and DoCCEEW are allowing and encouraging the elimination/slaughter of our Kangaroos
which is contrary to every concept of Conservation and Sustainability in this country.
The National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 also states in section 12 that ...
"The Service is to carry out such works and activities as the Minister may direct, either generally or in a particular case,
in relation to the conservation and protection of land reserved under this Act ...".
Despite this mandate NPWS put out 1080 poison into our National Parks (to supposedly kill dogs and foxes)
that kills native animals as it gets on the plants, into the soil and into the water table and water sources.
The About-us page of the website of the non Government Agency - Australian Wildlife Rescue Organisation (WIRES) - says...
"Every year WIRES train hundreds of new volunteers in wildlife rescue and care
and we are dedicated to the ongoing recruitment of new volunteers
and the ongoing training of existing volunteers."
The fatal flaw in WIRES' intension of the using volunteers to do the essential job of rescue and care of our native wildlife
is that those volunteers have to be independently wealthy (i.e. not need to work for a living) or they struggle to survive day to day.
As John of Monty's Rest says in the NRMA magazine article:...
"Sandra and I live in a caravan on the refuge, which is almost entirely self-funded through our pension money....
Help is so important. And when we get it, we really appreciate it.
Last year I had to treat the animals on army stretchers outside in the compound.
This year I’ve almost finished building a hospital with a treatment room in a 6m x 10m shed."
Our native wildlife Rescuers and Carers are the heros and heroines of our time.
They are on call and often work 24-7.
They often struggle to make ends meet.
They have no relief crew to step in and look after the babies and injured animals when they need a break.
As Tan of Warrumbungle Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation says...
"I know I said I was slowing down. Animals though, keep coming in with nowhere else to go.
The animals already here will still be here for another 18 months before they are old enough to release.
They still need feed and formula for all that time. So even if I stopped rescuing right now, I still have 18 months at least to feed and care for these babies.
I have health issues I need to address. The closest medical is 50ks away. 100km round trip. It's time consuming just to see a doctor.
If I have lots of joeys in care I literally haven't time between feeds to get there and home again, hence why I need to take less babies.
It seems it will take a while longer before that happens!!"
The current rescuers and carers have extensive expertise with native animals, far surpassing most veterinary doctors and nurses.
According to the WIRES FY23 impact report document, it is and has been getting huge grants from
the government, corporate sponsors and individuals through donation and legacies.
The problem is that that money is staying at the top level of management
and not filtering through to the overworked and unpaid rescuers and carers who are doing all the work.
THE SOLUTION is that whether the Rescuers/Carers work through WIRES or not;
these exceptional and experienced people need to be give a significant grant each year to cover...
1. their cost of living bills,
2. a suitable residence to live in comfortably,
3. much needed infrastructure like hospital facilities,
4. medications, food and bedding for the animals.
5. vehicle, tools and its expenses for rescues
6. money to pay suitably qualified/experienced rescuers and carers who can given the primary Rescuers/Carers a break
7. time and money to allow Rescuers and Carers to get together to share practise of care for the animals in their charge.
