Stop Squashing Wombats
Right now, logging operations in NSW are legally allowed to crush wombat burrows, burying wombats and their young alive.
Sign the petition to call on the NSW Government to protect wombats by making exclusion zones around burrows mandatory.
Right now, logging operations in NSW are legally allowed to collapse wombat burrows.
That means wombats are being crushed or buried alive in their homes, often with their joeys.
This is cruel, unnecessary and completely avoidable.
Wombats are some of Australia’s most loved native animals. They dig complex burrow systems that provide shelter, safety and breeding places. But currently, there are no rules that require loggers to protect wombat burrows.
There is a simple fix.
The NSW Government can introduce mandatory 20-metre exclusion zones around wombat burrows during logging operations. This would mean machinery, vehicles and logging activity are kept away from burrows, so wombats are not crushed, trapped or buried underground.
No animal should be killed in its own home because basic protections are missing from the rules.
By signing this petition, you can help show the NSW Government that the community wants urgent action to protect wombats from logging operations.
We call on the NSW Government to:
1. Introduce mandatory 20-metre exclusion zones around wombat burrows during logging operations.
2. Require Forestry Corporation NSW and logging contractors to identify and protect wombat burrows before logging begins.
3. Make sure wombat burrow protections are enforceable, monitored and included in logging rules across NSW public forests.
4. Stop allowing native animals to be crushed, trapped or buried alive by ending native forest logging.