Leadbeater’s and Logging Don’t Mix
The Australian Greens have today criticised the Napthine Government’s band-aid gesture to protect Victoria’s faunal emblem, the Leadbeater’s possum from extinction.
“Here we have another example of a half-baked plan which will not ensure the possums survival,” said Dr Richard Di Natale, Greens Senator for Victoria.
“The continuing decline of the Leadbeater's possum in the Victorian ash forests is stark proof that logging and wildlife do not mix.