#leepoint — Public Fediverse posts
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Bulldozing the Gouldian Finch habitat and getting away with it
"People travel from all over the world to see Australia's iconic wildlife, and Lee Point is no exception to that. People have had the amazing experience of seeing Gordian finches close to a major city, Darwin...It's deeply embarrassing. Australia has absolutely shameful records of conservation and this just contributes to that."
Wildlife ecologist Professor Euan Ritchie "submitted a formal letter to the government and attached several videos that appear to show trees being flattened without fauna spotters directly supervising. “They knew there were endangered species. How can they get away with this?” "
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https://au.news.yahoo.com/aussie-housing-developers-deeply-embarrassing-destruction-of-ancient-forest-sparks-global-condemnation-035027194.html
#LeePoint #biodiversity #birds #Australia #reputation #LandClearing #EndangeredSpecies #ExtinctionCrisis