Rest of story hereHUNGRY native animals caught munching floral memorials at two Tasmanian cemeteries are being shot with government approval.
Funeral director Millingtons has permits to shoot brushtail possums, pademelons and Bennetts wallabies at its Kingston and Cornelian Bay cemeteries.
Since receiving the permits from the Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment in 2009, 45 pademelons and 34 Bennetts wallabies have been killed at the cemeteries.
The Against Animal Cruelty Tasmania group is gearing up to protest against a five-hour spotlight cull scheduled to take place at the Kingston cemetery tomorrow from 8pm.
If I am buried in either of these two cemeteries the wildlife are welcome to come and eat any flowers people leave for me. It isn't as if I need flowers once I am dead. It is stupid to shoot these beautiful creatures because they are eating flowers that will wilt in a couple of days. I have relatives buried at Cornelian Bay and I am not upset at the prospect of flowers I leave for them being eaten.
It seems, from the comments on the website that many people agree with me.