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SA goat cull ABC 891 Adelaide (Adelaide), Breakfast, 17/06/2008 06:42am Compere John Kenneally says this next story came to his attention as a result of a series of letters to the Editor in The Messenger. In late April, the Department of Environment and Heritage conducted a goat cull in the Onkaparinga River National Park and it begs the question ‘How did they actually get there?’ James Crocker from the Department of Environment and Heritage says he believes the goats came from a residual population from the meat works that used to operate on the northern boundary of the park, he suspects some escaped over time from that. He says the park is about 1500 hectares in size, 700 to 800 times bigger than Football Park. Crocker says two organisations were involved in helping the Department with the cull, the Friends of Onkaparinga River National Park and the Sporting Shooters’ Association of Australian Hunting & Conservation branch. He says goats reside in Cleland Conservation Park, but not to the same degree that there were in Onkaparinga River. |