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Tasmanian golf club wildlife culls kill thousands of animals in five years

Brinley Duggan
Updated July 13 2021 - 2:53pm, first published July 12 2021 - 7:00pm
Sulphur-crested cockatoos, native hens and plovers have been culled at Tasmanian golf courses, but wallabies and possums were far and away the most-culled native animals.
Sulphur-crested cockatoos, native hens and plovers have been culled at Tasmanian golf courses, but wallabies and possums were far and away the most-culled native animals.

Crop protection permits issued to golf clubs in Tasmania have resulted in 5184 native animals being culled in the past five years.

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Brinley Duggan

Brinley Duggan

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