Kingston Cemetery, operated by Millingtons, is the latest killing field for native wildlife, who are blamed for eating roses and floral memorials.

Whilst expressing sympathy to those families who have had their floral tributes damaged, Against Animal Cruelty Tasmania (AACT) insists that the punishment is extreme.

“We are outraged by this ignorant and cruel treatment of Tasmanian native mammals by Millingtons. This is a case of extreme revenge on innocent wildlife at Kingston Cemetery.” said Chris Simcox, spokesperson for Against Animal Cruelty Tasmania, “Death by shooting is the sentence given to any creature that ventures to munch a rose. These creatures are being tempted by the availability of delicate morsels and are then shot for eating them.”

AACT is critical of the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environmentfor granting destruction permits for native species far too readily. Other ways of tackling these issues are rarely seriously investigated when the option of killing is so “easy”.

“We believe the department has responsibility to offer real alternative strategies for dealing with perceived problems with wildlife. The current short-sighted thinking leads to repeated killing episodes.” said Mr Simcox,

“There are ways to keep the native browsers out of the cemetery without the killing. End this Death in the Graveyard.”