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To protect parks and wildlife from attack, environment and animal rights groups have formed the Parks and Native Animal Protection Coalition.

Media reports suggest the NSW Government has made an offer to allow hunting in 13 national parks in exchange for the support of the two Shooters Party MPs in the NSW Upper House to help pass government legislation and block damaging Upper House inquiries, such as the damaging Planning Inquiry.

National parks are a refuge for native animals. They deserve the highest order of protection. The Shooters' Party is only interested in protecting its own interests, not conservation or the greater public good.

Killing native wildlife should never be a form of recreational pleasure. Only the power of public opposition will remove this legislation from the negotiating table.

Please email the following MPs and express your strong opposition to any deal that would allow shooting in national parks:
Premier Nathan Rees - thepremier@www.nsw.gov.au
Environment Minister John Robertson - office@robertson.minister.nsw.gov.au
Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell - LOP@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Shadow Environment Minister Catherine Cusack - catherine.cusack@parliament.nsw.gov.au Christian Democrat, Fred Nile - F.Nile@parliament.nsw.gov.au
Independent, Gordon Moyes - gordon.moyes@parliament.nsw.gov.au

Don’t let National Parks be ruined by political deals or fast buck schemes.

While the NSW Government is wavering over the Shooters Party’s plans for hunting in national parks, less well known, but just as worrying, are plans for private commercial developments in national parks. ‘Green tape’ must not be cut to facilitate development in our national parks.

the Government has not asked the community if they want hunting or commercial development in national parks.

We have to tell them national parks are for nature, loud and clear.
Join us, together we can protect our precious national parks for nature and our kids.

The following resolutions were passed at recent public meetings:

A public meeting was convened by the Friends of South West Rocks on the 12th of September at South West Rocks near Kempsey and passed a motion opposing new commercial facilities in national parks and the Game and Feral Animal Control Amendment Bill in its entirety.

Public Meeting: National Parks Under Attack! convened by the Colong Foundation at Parliament House, Sydney on the evening of the 9th September passed the resolution opposing commercial development in national parks and the Shooters Party Game and Feral Animal Control Amendment Bill. The meeting also supported the improvement of low-key facilities for National Park visitors.

A Public Meeting convened by Sutherland Shire Environment Centre at the Hazelhurst Regional Arts Gallery, Gymea on the evening of 13th August passed two unanimous resolutions to stop the exploitation of nature and national parks by blood sports and commercial facilities.

Blue Mountains Conservation Society convened a Public Meeting in Lawson on 15th August, and passed two resolutions opposing recreational hunting and commercial development in national parks and another calling for better funding of parks.

Public Meeting on the Shooter's Bill, convened by the Nature Conservation Council in Pymble on 25th August passed a strong resolution opposing the Game Amendment Bill in its entirety and any development of commercial facilities in national parks.

Parks and Native Animal Protection Coalition