Hunters:
Practical conservationists doing good works
Successful conservation in North America has always been married to
the Sportsmen. In Australia, it works differently. We have a
different hunting tradition to that of the United States, but there are
numerous examples of hunters providing the money and wherewithal for
practical conservation.
In South Australia, hunters have provided money and voluntary labour
for wetlands conservation. South Australian hunters have also
provided large sums of money and countless hours of voluntary labour
to set up and run The Bunkers conservation park in the State's far
north for the endangered Yellow Footed Rock Wallaby, an enterprise
for which they have been recognised by the federal government.
South Australian hunters, in association with the SA National Parks
Service, have also been at the forefront of efforts to control the
depredations of feral animals in national parks. These are all
examples of practical conservation at work unlike the noisy, but
ultimately useless efforts of many of the so-called
"conservationists" who, though well meaning, achieve little of
practical value.