Does anyone have any more details on this? Regards, Mark Breeding colony cleared for golfers, Australian, 27/09/2013, Matthew Denholm Aboriginal groups and bird experts are demanding federal intervention after a golf course developer on King Island bulldozed part of a breeding colony, displacing thousands of protected seabirds. The developer of a links golf course on the Bass Strait island yesterday confirmed it had destroyed the sand dune burrows of up to 10,000 short-tailed shearwaters, also known as Tasmanian mutton-birds. Last night, federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt was taking urgent advice on the matter. ‘‘This is the first the minister has heard of this issue — he is making immediate inquiries for more information,’’ his spokeswoman told The Australian. Darius Oliver, representing Lighthouse Properties Australia he developer of the course at Cape Wickham told The Australian the burrow destruction was carried out under permit and met all regulatory requirements. However, BirdLife Tasmania and the state’s Aboriginal Land Council said the actions could displace up to 24,000 of the protected birds, in breach of international obligations, and demanded that the federal government intervene. =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================
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