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PENALTIES Penalties for protected wildlife offences: ■ Individuals proved to have hunted or killed protected wildlife can be imprisoned for up to two years or fined up to $100,000 or both. ■ The same provisions apply to those who are a party to such offending.
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DOC biodiversity ranger Brad Edwards is disgusted by the wanton killing of endangered seabirds on Ashton beach.
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Endangered bird beach massacre BY MICHELLE NELSON
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The Department of Conservation (DOC) is on the warpath following the discovery of hundreds of dead seabirds on Ashton Beach. DOC biodiversity ranger Brad Edwards said the wanton destruction was “as bad as it gets”. “This is really at the top end of offending,” he said. Many of the birds are on
the endangered species list, including the critically endangered black billed gull and endangered white fronted tern. The skull of a molly hawk suggests it may have met the same fate. The once pristine beach is littered with dead birds, thousands of shell casings, rubbish and broken glass over a stretch of about one kilometre. At the Williams Road entrance to the beach, a stripped down and burnt out
car was being collected by a scrap metal dealer yesterday afternoon. It had arrived overnight. Bonfire sites bear evidence of beach parties – the revellers clearly unconcerned about the piles of rubbish, bottles and broken glass left in their wake.
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