@the*scarlet*pimpernel wrote:
are they going to bait the drum lines through the winter too?
this is today but my fingers and toes will be crossed as i'm not that confident this mob will do anything
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/23/shark-cull-to-be-assessed-by-western-australias-e...
Western Australia’s environmental watchdog has said it will assess the state government’s bid to extend its controversial shark-baiting program to three years.
WA’s Environmental Protection Authority previously ruled out assessing the trial of the shark cull, which began in January and is set to end next week, claiming that it posed a negligible risk to shark species. The decision outraged conservationists.
But the EPA will now assess the WA government’s plan to resume the cull on 15 November this year until the end of April 2017, after which the program will be subject to a review.
The agency said it had received nearly 10,000 public comments over the issue, with the majority opposed to the baiting and destroying of sharks.
