Page 3142 - Week 08 - Thursday, 7 August 2008
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(4) See question 3.
(5) See question 3.
(6) Specific information on security arrangements can be obtained by contacting the landholder.
(7) The drugs were not specified on the licence provided by the ACT Government and were at the discretion of the contractor (subject to relevant laws and other considerations such as worker safety and animal welfare). A veterinarian working for the contractor administered the drugs.
(8) This information can be obtained by contacting the landholder.
(9) This information can be obtained by contacting the landholder.
(10) The landholder is required to report this information as part of licence conditions. However, in advance of that process, I have been advised that the number of animals euthanised due to injury is 21.
(11) It was observed that changes were made to avoid injury of the animals and the contractor (whose staff included people with extensive kangaroo management experience, and a veterinarian) was observed by ACT researchers on site to review the management operation with the staff approximately on a daily basis and to frequently discuss the best ways to handle the animals. Specific information can be obtained by contacting the landholder.
(12) This information can be obtained by contacting the landholder.
(13) This information can be obtained by contacting the landholder.
(14) I am advised that two yards included some lakeshore where kangaroos could drink, and water containers were placed in all others. Three pellet feeders were placed in the large capture yard. The gates were left open at night between the large capture yard, the small capture yard, and the darting yard.
(15) Natural kangaroos born and reared in the wild rarely access shelters from rain and hail, even when they are available. Use of shelters is typical of artificially reared kangaroos. At BNTS the main source of shelter from sun and wind that is used by the kangaroos, is the Eucalyptus plantation at the south eastern corner. This plantation was divided between the recovery yard used for the kangaroos that were being retained on the site, and the large capture yard. The kangaroos remaining in the large eastern portion of the site used the ‘camp’ they had created under the trees near the guardhouse.
(16) This information can be obtained by contacting the landholder.
(17) The striped legless lizard has been located on adjacent Defence land, and the primary responsibility for its protection lies with the landholder. ACT Parks Conservation and Lands engages with ACT landholders to inform them of best practice management, and carries out research intended to better inform the management of ACT lands and populations of wildlife.
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