| THE ST KILDA CATANI GARDEN POSSUMS (images taken by Patty Mark April 11, 2007) The St Kilda Catani Gardens are renowned for it's friendly possum community, who gratefully accept fruit and vegetables directly from the hands of visitors and tourists. Until recently they have lived in the tall palms that line the gardens, but now Port Phillip Council are placing metal bands around the trees to prevent the possums from returning to their homes in a bid to reduce their numbers. Julianne Bell of Protectors of Public Lands Victoria reports that Council has been trapping the possums and euthanizing them, claiming the possums are destroying the trees. However the trees have supported the possums for years without difficulty. ALV visited the possums the week before and sighted only 30 possums (from an estimated normal population of 70) and on Wednesday night fewer than 20 were sighted... |
TAKE ACTION! Contact the City of Port Phillip Mayor on behalf of these defenceless animals. Insist these gentle native inhabitants be allowed to remain in their homes. Tell the City of Port Phillip congratulations they are finally protecting the colony of fairy penguins off the St.Kilda Pier and that it's just as important to protect the possums as well. St Kilda is known as being a friendly, tolerant and welcoming destination to all, so stop the possum bloodbath. CONTACT |