Fines for parrot killings
July 21, 2007 — Filed in: Conservation
AUSTRALIA’S biggest almond grower will pay out more than $56,000 after admitting responsibility for the massacre of 41 rare regent parrots.
When the company, Select Harvests, was charged over one of the worst killings of threatened birds in Victoria, it blamed two of its workers, sacked them, and vowed to defend the charges. On Tuesday, it pleaded guilty to three charges in the Robinvale Magistrates Court.
Kyndalyn Park Pty Ltd - a wholly owned subsidiary of Select Harvests - was convicted and fined $15,000 on one count of destroying protected wildlife and a total of $1000 without conviction on two counts of breaching their wildlife control permit. The company was also ordered to pay court costs of $40,589.
