The UK-based parent company of Consolidated Pastoral Company has instructed their NT-based staff to cease any plans to cull 20,000 native birds at Newcastle Waters cattle station, citing lack of licence awareness and a meeting with environmental groups later this year.
A planned cull of 20,000 native birds at Newcastle Waters cattle station in the NT will no longer be going ahead. A cull of 20,000 native birds at Newcastle Waters cattle station in the NT will not go ahead.
In a social media post, the parent company of Consolidated Pastoral Company, which operates the station, said it was unaware of the licence and instructed staff to cease any culling plans "immediately". The parent company, Terra Firma, says it will meet with "relevant environmental groups" when leaders visit Australia later this year.
The UK-based parent company of Consolidated Pastoral Company has instructed its Northern Territory staff to abandon "any plans" to cullCPC is owned by UK private equity firm Terra Firma, which said on social media it was previously unaware of the plan to cull birds, and would ensure it did not go ahead.
"As the owner of CPC, we were not aware of the application for a licence to cull birds at Newcastle Waters," the company said in its post. "We have instructed the Newcastle Waters leadership team, and CPC senior management to cease any plans for culling immediately. "We will meet with relevant environmental groups when we are in Australia later this year and thank them for bringing this matter to our attention.
" Newcastle Waters, 280 kilometres north of Tennant Creek, was last year granted a permit to kill 15,000 galahs and 5,000 little corellas. The company said a cull would be the last resort to mitigate the impact of the birds on crops, equipment, workers' mental health and biosecurity. Troy Setter previously told the ABC the large-scale bird cull at Newcastle Waters Station would be a "last resort".
CPC chief executive Troy Setter previously said an initial trial was successful on 30 birds, but the full-scale cull had not commenced. NT Parks and Wildlife Minister Marie-Clare Boothby previously said in parliamentary correspondence the region's bird population had reached "unsustainable levels". This was due to "agricultural practices such as grain production, on-site storage and cattle feeding" acting as a food source for the birds, according to the minister.
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