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BBC News
5 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Residents anger over unkempt and unsafe paths in Orton
Residents in an area of the city said constant flytipping and unmaintained pathways are making life "difficult and depressing".Sue Arnold, who lives in Hinchcliffe in the Ortons area of Peterborough, described the neighbourhood as "neglected" and called for the city council to show "respect to residents"."Bushes are always overgrown along the pathways, uneven surfaces with ripped tarmac in places, and now even big potholes in the pavements. It is depressing to live in such an unkempt area," she said.A spokesperson for Peterborough City Council said: "Officers will be carrying out a site visit to Hinchcliffe shortly to assess the issues with a view to carrying out any necessary repairs." The area around Hinchcliffe is a mix of private homes and social housing - some of which is run by management companies. Fellow resident Raymond Price says he fears going out when it gets dark as he feels the pavements are said: "They are not cutting the brambles back so they catch you on your hands. It is not good."That pothole has been there months and nothing is being done about it."Everybody pays taxes and it should be done. The council is just not doing their jobs."It doesn't take a lot to cut these a couple of times a year. It is terrible." On a walkabout around the neighbourhood with residents, we spotted several piles of flytipping including garden waste and rubble and abandoned supermarket trolleys - some even blocking very narrow pathways that lead to the Orton local post box was also inaccessible due to times, Ms Arnold had to use her crutches to push back some of the overgrown bushes to make way for her mobility scooter."I have to sometimes turn back and find another route," she Councillor for Orton Waterville, Nicola Day, recalled the area being "neat and clean" when she was growing up there in the 1980s - but said it was now a "hotspot for fly-tipping".She said: "Residents are living in unkempt and untidy areas."I hope to work with residents and council team to ensure Orton Waterville stays safe and tidy." Ms Arnold said better deterrents were needed to curb the issue, including installing CCTV cameras."Something to be done and if we can't get it done, then somebody needs a big shake up," she said.A spokesperson for the city council said: "Whenever potholes are reported to us they are assessed by an inspector as soon as possible to ensure they meet criteria for repair work."The local authority has urged residents to report these issues via the Fix my Street app. Follow Peterborough news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
The Advertiser
26-06-2025
- Politics
- The Advertiser
Activists in court action over aerial koala cull
Animal rights campaigners are seeking to overturn a decision to authorise an unprecedented aerial shooting program after more than 1000 koalas were shot dead from helicopters. After a bushfire burnt through 2200 hectares of the Budj Bim National Park in Victoria's west in March, the environment department authorised an aerial operation to humanely euthanise suffering fire-impacted koalas in areas of the park not accessible by foot. The department said the decision to shoot from helicopters was not taken lightly and had consulted animal welfare experts and experienced veterinarians. But rights group Australians for Animals NSW said the action, which killed over 1000 koalas, was inhumane as it was "impossible" to kill koalas 30 metres from a helicopter with a clean shot and they didn't check if the animals had died or for any orphaned and injured joeys afterwards. "This was a precedent because there has been no one who shoots koalas from helicopters in the entire country," the group's coordinator Sue Arnold told AAP. She said the department's decision to euthanise the koalas was made at a stakeholder meeting on the basis of one vet's approval and would have been conducted in secrecy if not for the local animal shelters and carers who heard helicopter noises and gunshots. The charity on Thursday announced they are taking the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) to the Victorian Supreme Court, seeking to quash the conservation regulator's authorisation made on behalf of the department's secretary to permit the aerial culling. The lawsuit handled by Bleyer Lawyers argues the department's decision was made in error because the Wildlife Act does not allow for that type of authorisation. "We are dealing with a government that really comes from the Dark Ages ... and if the court rules in favour of government, Australia, in terms of animal cruelty, is completely f*****," Ms Arnold said. In correspondence with the charity, DEECA secretary John Bradley said koalas were individually assessed by trained and accredited wildlife assessors as physically close to the animal as operationally viable. He noted an aerial assessment by a vet at the time said dependent joeys were unlikely to be present during that period and if present, they were likely to already be compromised due an injured mother's inability to provide milk. Mr Bradley said the operation, which lasted under two months, was to achieve better welfare outcomes during an emergency bushfire response. Animal rights campaigners are seeking to overturn a decision to authorise an unprecedented aerial shooting program after more than 1000 koalas were shot dead from helicopters. After a bushfire burnt through 2200 hectares of the Budj Bim National Park in Victoria's west in March, the environment department authorised an aerial operation to humanely euthanise suffering fire-impacted koalas in areas of the park not accessible by foot. The department said the decision to shoot from helicopters was not taken lightly and had consulted animal welfare experts and experienced veterinarians. But rights group Australians for Animals NSW said the action, which killed over 1000 koalas, was inhumane as it was "impossible" to kill koalas 30 metres from a helicopter with a clean shot and they didn't check if the animals had died or for any orphaned and injured joeys afterwards. "This was a precedent because there has been no one who shoots koalas from helicopters in the entire country," the group's coordinator Sue Arnold told AAP. She said the department's decision to euthanise the koalas was made at a stakeholder meeting on the basis of one vet's approval and would have been conducted in secrecy if not for the local animal shelters and carers who heard helicopter noises and gunshots. The charity on Thursday announced they are taking the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) to the Victorian Supreme Court, seeking to quash the conservation regulator's authorisation made on behalf of the department's secretary to permit the aerial culling. The lawsuit handled by Bleyer Lawyers argues the department's decision was made in error because the Wildlife Act does not allow for that type of authorisation. "We are dealing with a government that really comes from the Dark Ages ... and if the court rules in favour of government, Australia, in terms of animal cruelty, is completely f*****," Ms Arnold said. In correspondence with the charity, DEECA secretary John Bradley said koalas were individually assessed by trained and accredited wildlife assessors as physically close to the animal as operationally viable. He noted an aerial assessment by a vet at the time said dependent joeys were unlikely to be present during that period and if present, they were likely to already be compromised due an injured mother's inability to provide milk. Mr Bradley said the operation, which lasted under two months, was to achieve better welfare outcomes during an emergency bushfire response. Animal rights campaigners are seeking to overturn a decision to authorise an unprecedented aerial shooting program after more than 1000 koalas were shot dead from helicopters. After a bushfire burnt through 2200 hectares of the Budj Bim National Park in Victoria's west in March, the environment department authorised an aerial operation to humanely euthanise suffering fire-impacted koalas in areas of the park not accessible by foot. The department said the decision to shoot from helicopters was not taken lightly and had consulted animal welfare experts and experienced veterinarians. But rights group Australians for Animals NSW said the action, which killed over 1000 koalas, was inhumane as it was "impossible" to kill koalas 30 metres from a helicopter with a clean shot and they didn't check if the animals had died or for any orphaned and injured joeys afterwards. "This was a precedent because there has been no one who shoots koalas from helicopters in the entire country," the group's coordinator Sue Arnold told AAP. She said the department's decision to euthanise the koalas was made at a stakeholder meeting on the basis of one vet's approval and would have been conducted in secrecy if not for the local animal shelters and carers who heard helicopter noises and gunshots. The charity on Thursday announced they are taking the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) to the Victorian Supreme Court, seeking to quash the conservation regulator's authorisation made on behalf of the department's secretary to permit the aerial culling. The lawsuit handled by Bleyer Lawyers argues the department's decision was made in error because the Wildlife Act does not allow for that type of authorisation. "We are dealing with a government that really comes from the Dark Ages ... and if the court rules in favour of government, Australia, in terms of animal cruelty, is completely f*****," Ms Arnold said. In correspondence with the charity, DEECA secretary John Bradley said koalas were individually assessed by trained and accredited wildlife assessors as physically close to the animal as operationally viable. He noted an aerial assessment by a vet at the time said dependent joeys were unlikely to be present during that period and if present, they were likely to already be compromised due an injured mother's inability to provide milk. Mr Bradley said the operation, which lasted under two months, was to achieve better welfare outcomes during an emergency bushfire response. Animal rights campaigners are seeking to overturn a decision to authorise an unprecedented aerial shooting program after more than 1000 koalas were shot dead from helicopters. After a bushfire burnt through 2200 hectares of the Budj Bim National Park in Victoria's west in March, the environment department authorised an aerial operation to humanely euthanise suffering fire-impacted koalas in areas of the park not accessible by foot. The department said the decision to shoot from helicopters was not taken lightly and had consulted animal welfare experts and experienced veterinarians. But rights group Australians for Animals NSW said the action, which killed over 1000 koalas, was inhumane as it was "impossible" to kill koalas 30 metres from a helicopter with a clean shot and they didn't check if the animals had died or for any orphaned and injured joeys afterwards. "This was a precedent because there has been no one who shoots koalas from helicopters in the entire country," the group's coordinator Sue Arnold told AAP. She said the department's decision to euthanise the koalas was made at a stakeholder meeting on the basis of one vet's approval and would have been conducted in secrecy if not for the local animal shelters and carers who heard helicopter noises and gunshots. The charity on Thursday announced they are taking the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) to the Victorian Supreme Court, seeking to quash the conservation regulator's authorisation made on behalf of the department's secretary to permit the aerial culling. The lawsuit handled by Bleyer Lawyers argues the department's decision was made in error because the Wildlife Act does not allow for that type of authorisation. "We are dealing with a government that really comes from the Dark Ages ... and if the court rules in favour of government, Australia, in terms of animal cruelty, is completely f*****," Ms Arnold said. In correspondence with the charity, DEECA secretary John Bradley said koalas were individually assessed by trained and accredited wildlife assessors as physically close to the animal as operationally viable. He noted an aerial assessment by a vet at the time said dependent joeys were unlikely to be present during that period and if present, they were likely to already be compromised due an injured mother's inability to provide milk. Mr Bradley said the operation, which lasted under two months, was to achieve better welfare outcomes during an emergency bushfire response.
West Australian
26-06-2025
- Politics
- West Australian
Activists in court action over aerial koala cull
Animal rights campaigners are seeking to overturn a decision to authorise an unprecedented aerial shooting program after more than 1000 koalas were shot dead from helicopters. After a bushfire burnt through 2200 hectares of the Budj Bim National Park in Victoria's west in March, the environment department authorised an aerial operation to humanely euthanise suffering fire-impacted koalas in areas of the park not accessible by foot. The department said the decision to shoot from helicopters was not taken lightly and had consulted animal welfare experts and experienced veterinarians. But rights group Australians for Animals NSW said the action, which killed over 1000 koalas, was inhumane as it was "impossible" to kill koalas 30 metres from a helicopter with a clean shot and they didn't check if the animals had died or for any orphaned and injured joeys afterwards. "This was a precedent because there has been no one who shoots koalas from helicopters in the entire country," the group's coordinator Sue Arnold told AAP. She said the department's decision to euthanise the koalas was made at a stakeholder meeting on the basis of one vet's approval and would have been conducted in secrecy if not for the local animal shelters and carers who heard helicopter noises and gunshots. The charity on Thursday announced they are taking the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) to the Victorian Supreme Court, seeking to quash the conservation regulator's authorisation made on behalf of the department's secretary to permit the aerial culling. The lawsuit handled by Bleyer Lawyers argues the department's decision was made in error because the Wildlife Act does not allow for that type of authorisation. "We are dealing with a government that really comes from the Dark Ages ... and if the court rules in favour of government, Australia, in terms of animal cruelty, is completely f*****," Ms Arnold said. In correspondence with the charity, DEECA secretary John Bradley said koalas were individually assessed by trained and accredited wildlife assessors as physically close to the animal as operationally viable. He noted an aerial assessment by a vet at the time said dependent joeys were unlikely to be present during that period and if present, they were likely to already be compromised due an injured mother's inability to provide milk. Mr Bradley said the operation, which lasted under two months, was to achieve better welfare outcomes during an emergency bushfire response.
Perth Now
26-06-2025
- Politics
- Perth Now
Activists in court action over aerial koala cull
Animal rights campaigners are seeking to overturn a decision to authorise an unprecedented aerial shooting program after more than 1000 koalas were shot dead from helicopters. After a bushfire burnt through 2200 hectares of the Budj Bim National Park in Victoria's west in March, the environment department authorised an aerial operation to humanely euthanise suffering fire-impacted koalas in areas of the park not accessible by foot. The department said the decision to shoot from helicopters was not taken lightly and had consulted animal welfare experts and experienced veterinarians. But rights group Australians for Animals NSW said the action, which killed over 1000 koalas, was inhumane as it was "impossible" to kill koalas 30 metres from a helicopter with a clean shot and they didn't check if the animals had died or for any orphaned and injured joeys afterwards. "This was a precedent because there has been no one who shoots koalas from helicopters in the entire country," the group's coordinator Sue Arnold told AAP. She said the department's decision to euthanise the koalas was made at a stakeholder meeting on the basis of one vet's approval and would have been conducted in secrecy if not for the local animal shelters and carers who heard helicopter noises and gunshots. The charity on Thursday announced they are taking the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA) to the Victorian Supreme Court, seeking to quash the conservation regulator's authorisation made on behalf of the department's secretary to permit the aerial culling. The lawsuit handled by Bleyer Lawyers argues the department's decision was made in error because the Wildlife Act does not allow for that type of authorisation. "We are dealing with a government that really comes from the Dark Ages ... and if the court rules in favour of government, Australia, in terms of animal cruelty, is completely f*****," Ms Arnold said. In correspondence with the charity, DEECA secretary John Bradley said koalas were individually assessed by trained and accredited wildlife assessors as physically close to the animal as operationally viable. He noted an aerial assessment by a vet at the time said dependent joeys were unlikely to be present during that period and if present, they were likely to already be compromised due an injured mother's inability to provide milk. Mr Bradley said the operation, which lasted under two months, was to achieve better welfare outcomes during an emergency bushfire response.
