Numbers of permits granted by the Department for the destruction of wildlife issued for each animal under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 for the period 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017 AND Numbers of animals allowed to be killed AND the reasons for the permits being issued Table 1: Number of permits granted under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 for the destruction of wildlife Financial year Number of permits granted 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017 1008 Table 2: Summary of Permits to Destroy Wildlife by species for the period 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017 Species Permits that include No. of animals this species issued on Permit Adelaide Rosella 45 3241 Australian Hobby 2 # Australian Magpie 6 42 Australian Pelican 2 # Australian Pratincole 2 # Australian Raven 1 # Australian Shelduck 4 32 Australian White Ibis 5 56 Australian Wood Duck (Maned Duck) 30 927 Banded Lapwing 2 # Barn Owl 2 # Black Kite 2 70 Black Swan 4 36 Black-faced Cormorant 1 125 Black-fronted Dotterel 1 # Black-shouldered Kite 2 # Black-tailed Native Hen 2 # Brown Falcon 2 # Brown Goshawk 2 # Brown Songlark 2 # Cape Barren Goose 15 241 Common Brushtail Possum 57 6420 Crested Pigeon 2 # Eastern Grey Kangaroo 28 1610 Emu 118 2810 Euro 100 3262 Fairy Martin 2 # Galah 2 # Gould's Wattled Bat 1 # Grey Teal, (Australasian Teal) 1 # Hardhead (White-eyed Duck) 1 # Little Corella 2 # Little Pied Cormorant 1 # Page 1 of 4 Document released by DEWNR under the Freedom of Information Act 1991 1 of 4 Numbers of permits granted by the Department for the destruction of wildlife issued for each animal under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 for the period 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017 AND Numbers of animals allowed to be killed AND the reasons for the permits being issued Species Permits that include No. of animals this species issued on Permit Little Raven 2 # Little Wattlebird 1 # Long-billed Corella 32 1985 Magpie Lark 4 9 Masked Lapwing 8 42 Musk Lorikeet 29 2422 Nankeen Kestrel 2 # New Holland Honeyeater 1 # Noisy Miner 5 103 Pacific Black Duck 2 # Peregrine Falcon 2 # Pied Cormorant 11 560 Purple-crowned Lorikeet 2 # Rainbow Lorikeet 45 5077 Red Kangaroo 126 4793 Richard's Pipit 2 # Royal Spoonbill 1 # Silver Gull 9 407 Southern Boobook 2 # Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat 44 803 Straw-necked Ibis 2 # Sulphur-crested Cockatoo 19 578 Tammar Wallaby 69 10650 Tree Martin 2 # Welcome Swallow 6 724 Western Grey Kangaroo 836 37026 Whiskered Tern 1 # White-browed Woodswallow 1 # White-faced Heron 2 # Willie Wagtail 1 # Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo 2 2 # Numbers as required to ensure safe airport operations as part of an airport Wildlife Hazard Management Plan. Page 2 of 4 Document released by DEWNR under the Freedom of Information Act 1991 2 of 4 Numbers of permits granted by the Department for the destruction of wildlife issued for each animal under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 for the period 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017 AND Numbers of animals allowed to be killed AND the reasons for the permits being issued Table 3: Problem being caused - threatening human safety 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017 Problem being caused . Aircraft hazard (birdstrike) at airports, . bird nests and droppings on offshore . vehicle collision navigational aid structures affecting . flashovers and electricity power operational performance and possible outages caused by bird nests and failure of navigational aid which could dropping falling on insulators and result in a commercial shipping conductors accident . swooping people (bike riders, elderly, . scaring children, elderly disabled) Species Red Kangaroo, Western Grey Kangaroo, Euro, Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Australian Magpie, Masked Lapwing, Magpie Lark, Black-faced Cormorant, Pied Cormorant, Black Kite, Australian White Ibis, Australian Hobby, Nankeen Kestrel, Australian Wood Duck, Black-shouldered Kite, Black-tailed Native Hen, Brown Falcon, Cape Barren Goose, Crested Pigeon, Little Pied Cormorant, Pacific Black Duck, Silver Gull, Straw-necked Ibis, White-faced Heron, Australian Pelican, Banded Lapwing, Barn Owl, Brown Goshawk, Brown Songlark, Fairy Martin, Little Wattlebird, Long- billed Corella, Musk Lorikeet, New Holland Honeyeater, Noisy Miner, Purple-crowned Lorikeet, Rainbow Lorikeet, Richard’s Pipit, Southern Boobook, Tree Martin, Welcome Swallow, Whiskered Tern, White-browed Woodswallow, Willie Wagtail, Australian Pratincole, Black-fronted Dotterel, Grey Teal, Hardhead, Yellow-tailed Black-cockatoo, Peregrine Falcon, Royal Spoonbill, Straw-necked Ibis, Gould’s Wattled Bat, Australian Shelduck Table 4: Problem being caused - damage to built environment / assets 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017 Problem being caused . economic losses . damage to watering points . damage to fences (including animals . digging up ovals digging under fence lines) . chewing sprinkler heads . fence damage resulting in wandering . spoiling manufacturing products stock onto roads and adjoining . damage to cars/houses/roofing properties, damage to irrigation piping . bird nests and droppings on offshore and solenoids navigational aid structures affecting . breaking off electric fence insulators operational performance and possible (fencing that protect revegetation failure of navigational aid which could sites) result in a commercial shipping . damage tree guards accident . dig burrows that cause expensive . undermining roads, vehicle tracks, breakdowns on machinery water tanks Species Red Kangaroo, Western Grey Kangaroo, Euro, Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Tammar Wallaby, Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat, Silver Gull, Long-billed Corella, Sulphur- crested Cockatoo, Common Brushtail Possum, Welcome Swallow, Pied Cormorant, Black-faced Cormorant, Australian Shelduck Page 3 of 4 Document released by DEWNR under the Freedom of Information Act 1991 3 of 4 Numbers of permits granted by the Department for the destruction of wildlife issued for each animal under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 for the period 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017 AND Numbers of animals allowed to be killed AND the reasons for the permits being issued Table 5: Problem being caused -damage to natural environment 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017 Problem being caused . damage to revegetation sites . competing with threatened species for . overgrazing of native remnant natural resources vegetation . damage to trees . loss of amenity Species Red Kangaroo, Western Grey Kangaroo, Euro, Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Long-billed Corella, Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Table 6: Problem being caused - damage to crops and produce 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017 Problem being caused . eating fruit and nut crops . damage to blue gum plantations . damage to grapes . damage to stock feed . damage to apple, pear, nectarine and . eating stock feed cherry trees . damage to improved pasture . stripping trees . damage to germinating crops . overgrazing (loss of grazing pasture . trampling crops for sheep and cattle) Species Cape Barren Goose, Australian Wood Duck, Pacific Black Duck, Australian White Ibis, Black Swan, Black-tailed Native Hen, Emu, Adelaide Rosella, Rainbow Lorikeet, Musk Lorikeet, Long-billed Corella, Red Kangaroo, Western Grey Kangaroo, Euro, Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Tammar Wallaby, Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat, Australian Shelduck Table 7: Problem being caused - other 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017 Problem being caused . fouling water troughs . competition with sheep/cattle for food . fouling of dams and water . running on/in rooves . fouling playing fields . spreading rubbish . fouling swimming pools . economic losses from consumption of . noise fish stocks Species Cape Barren Goose, Australian Wood Duck, Pacific Black Duck, Australian White Ibis, Black-tailed Native Hen, Common Brushtail Possum, Silver Gull, Red Kangaroo Western Grey Kangaroo, Euro, Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Long-billed Corella, Little Pied Cormorant, Australian Shelduck Page 4 of 4 Document released by DEWNR under the Freedom of Information Act 1991 4 of 4.