It was announced that the fireworks were not to be sold to the public until Friday, 6 June 2008, before the Queen’s Birthday long weekend.
Tuggeranong Hyperdome began selling the fireworks on Thursday, 5 June 2008, upstairs, near Coles, before the long weekend.
On the Thursday night news it was also announced that the fireworks were not to be let off, until Saturday 7 June 2008 to Sunday 8 June 2008, of the long weekend, from 5pm – 9pm.
On Friday, 6 June 2008, there was already a frightened dog, running around my street, uncontrolled and confused, from the fireworks exploding, which followed me around from Belconnen to Tuggeranong.
For several years, bungers were announced to be illegal.
It appears that everyone was selling illegal bungers to the public.
The fireworks commenced before 5pm on the weekend, with the bungers exploding after midnight.
It was like World War 3 had started.
My house shook from the explosions.
Fireworks can still be heard, as usual, repeating the same negligence, with no regard to the laws, that occurs each year, every June long weekend.
Apart from the fireworks causing pollution, hospitals, emergency, and doctors surgeries, always end up with extra patients, that they really don’t need, and can’t cope with, vets end up with more injured pets, that otherwise would be avoided, with CARA and the dog shelter, and even my group, also having to assist with the frightened, lost, injured and confused animals.
Last year the fire brigade had extra fires they had to extinguish, caused by the fireworks, and yet the stanhope government still refused to ban the fireworks for 2008.
Fireworks are labelled ‘dangerous goods’, how is it possible, to allow fireworks to be sold to the public.
The ACT government may as well just sell the bombs to the public, and be done with it.
2009 should see the end of Word War 3 – fireworks.
Wildlife Carers Group, caring for, and helping the community.
Please sign this petition www.gopetition.com/petitions/reinstate-our-act-kangaroos.html to reinstate our ACT native Eastern Grey Kangaroos onto the ACT Rehabilitation Licence for full term rehabilitation of sick, injured, orphaned native Eastern Grey Kangaroos, noting the fact that the ACT is the only state in Australia, that does not allow the full term rehabilitation of our sick, injured, orphaned Native Eastern Grey Kangaroos, which are acts of animal cruelty. PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD.
On 10/6/08 – Discussions with defence disclosed where the research kangaroos are.
On 6/6/08, we visited the bnts site. The newly erected fences had not been dismantled, however, the hessian has been removed. There was no sign of the inappropriately, inumanely invasively collared research kangaroos.
More information on cruel unnecessary kangaroo massacre that commenced 19/5/08 in canberra on the bnts site on www.geocities.com/wildlife_carers_group/, Click on the news panel, and national abc media release on 4/6/08 http://bigpond.com/news/national/content/20080604/2265044.asp, with $470,000 of taxpayers money wasted on the inhumane, unnecessary slaughter of our native Eastern Grey Kangaroos.
SAVING AND CARING FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT, CONSERVATION, AND ALL OUR NATIVE WILDLIFE. More information on www.geocities.com/wildlife_carers_group/, Click on the news panel for news on our native Eastern Grey Kangaroos on the defence sites, the rehabilitation licence, and animal welfare issues, and some of the abbreviated local, national and international media releases, 13 May 2007, http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/news/local/general/plan-for-three-days-of-death/584324.html, 14 May 2007, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/14/world/main2799551.shtml?source=RSSattr=HOME_2799551, 20 May 2007, http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200705/s1927723.htm, http://www.spa.gov.sa/English/details.php?id=452929, http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/news/printer_1309191.php, 25 May 2007, http://www.abcscience.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/07/2182771.htm, 7 March 2008, www.kangaroo-protection-coalition.com/kangaroo-archives25.html, 23 April 2007. More information on www.geocities.com/wildlife_carers_group/, Click on the news panel for news on our native Eastern Grey Kangaroos on the defence sites, the rehabilitation licence, and animal welfare issues.
Update – BNTS site visit on 2/5/08, More information on www.geocities.com/wildlife_carers_group/, Click on the news panel. We have succeeded in getting the stanhope government to back down for now, with some of the newly erected fences finally dismantled, although, on 25/4/08, upon inspecting the site, it appeared as though other fences have been erected, once again depriving some of our roos from water, and fresher feed, therefore, to secure the proposed Kangaroo Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, by WCG, please keep signing our petition and Click on http://gopetition.com/petitions/save-all-the-kangaroos.html to sign our petition individually, (29/5/08 – the innocent almost all cruelly and unnecessarily massacred) to save ALL our kangaroos PLEASE, and send it onto your family, friends, co workers, mailing list, etc. post it onto your websites, and (CURRENT) www.gopetition.com/petitions/reinstate-our-act-kangaroos.html to reinstate our ACT native Eastern Grey Kangaroos onto the ACT Rehabilitation Licence for full term rehabilitation of sick, injured, orphaned native Eastern Grey Kangaroos, noting the fact that the ACT is the only state in Australia, that does not allow the full term rehabilitation of our sick, injured, orphaned Native Eastern Grey Kangaroos, which are acts of animal cruelty. PLEASE HELP SPREAD THE WORD.
Thanks, have a fun day, and all the best for 2008 Nora
NORA PRESTON (began rehabilitating wildlife in the early ’80’s.)
President/Founder
WCG – WILDLIFE CARERS GROUP INC. – Founded in 2004.
PO Box 3509
WESTON CREEK ACT 2611
Mob: 0406 056 099
email: [email protected]
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11 June 2008
Support WCG. WCG is an independent, non profit, non government community based charity providing animal/wildlife care, rescue/rehabilitation and is also an animal/wildlife welfare group, providing protection for our wildlife/animals, run solely by volunteers, with no government funding. WCG relies on donations from the public in order to carry out its work. If you would like to make a donation to WCG, please send a cheque/money order made payable to Wildlife Carers Group Inc. to PO Box 3509, Weston Creek. ACT. 2611. AUSTRALIA. or contact us by email [email protected] or mobile: 0406 056 099 to discuss other alternatives. Thank you for all your support.
Aims and Objectives: To promote the general welfare and continued survival of native fauna and flora as an essential element of the environment, and specifically to undertake the specialised care necessary for the rehabilitation of orphaned, sick and injured native birds and other animals, to promote public awareness of the need to conserve existing wildlife species, and an understanding of their particular habitat and feeding requirements.
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