Just found this Graeme -
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/fears-drunk-hunters-will-roam-parks-20121229-2c0av.html
.
This wonderful body that costs NSW taxpayers $2.5 MILLION a year employs 4
people to oversee shooting in nearly 4 million hectares of parks!
On 30 December 2012 10:14, Graeme Chapman
<>wrote:
> Hello Jim,
>
> Not just a propaganda battle, if you really want to spoil your day, simply
> google NSW Game Council and look all through their website - it'll give you
> the horrors! Even the Common Bronzewing will no longer be protected. And
> several species of deer are to be protected to make sure these goons have
> something to shoot at. You have got to be kidding.
>
> The really scary bit is that the NSW Game Council is a Statutory Authority
> supported by (probably funded by) the NSW Government.
>
> If Barry O'Farrell wants to save more money, maybe he could take a look at
> the Game Council. I wonder if it has suffered the same efficiency measures
> (being very polite here) that have been applied to NSW National Parks and
> Wildlife Service. I heard that what rangers are left are threatening to go
> on strike - good luck, they'll need it.
>
> I've always felt that our national parks in Australia would only be in
> danger after we have absorbed another 100 million immigrants but it seems
> we are quite capable of achieving that right now.
>
> Happy New Year
>
> Graeme
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