Ascendas REIT
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Ascendas REIT
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SYDNEY
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New South Wales
Message
See attached submission
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Rural Fire Service
Comment
Rural Fire Service
Comment
Water Group
Comment
Water Group
Comment
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Message
The Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) - Water and the Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) have reviewed the Western Sydney Energy & Resource Recovery Centre EIS and have provided comments in the attached.
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Department of Primary Industries
Comment
Department of Primary Industries
Comment
Orange
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New South Wales
Message
Sydney Zoo’s request to extend hours of operation and remove limits on the number of events at Sydney Zoo could significantly increase the level of disturbance to the zoo animals however there is no acknowledgment of that, or assessment of the likely impact on their animals, in Sydney Zoo’s application.
It is estimated that the Zoo will be open an extra 1577 hours per year if its request is approved. The Zoo has 55 permit species (164 individuals) and 55 non-permit species (475 individuals). That’s potentially an additional 1,007,703 animal hours (1577hrs x 639) of additional crowd impact/disturbance.
The Zoo maintains many species that are diurnal, i.e. evolved to be active during the day and at rest during the night. The application includes no assessment of the additional risks to these animals or any proposals to manage the additional disturbance. There are also species such as Koalas, which have extraordinary requirements for rest (18 to 20 hours per day) and have limited capacity to cope with additional disturbance.
The application also raises the prospect of Sydney Zoo running a night zoo. This should not occur in areas occupied by animals that are not active at night. Ordinarily night zoos are situated in their own area or run as a geographically separate entity (e.g. Singapore Zoo and Singapore Night Zoo), meaning that it is not appropriate to open up the whole zoo as a night zoo.
It is recommended that Sydney Zoo’s request should not be approved until an appropriate study on the likely impact on the animals has been conducted, plans for those impacts to be mitigated have been developed, and some independent assessment of the impact report and mitigation plans has been assessed as acceptable from an animal welfare perspective by appropriately experienced people independent of the applicant.
It is estimated that the Zoo will be open an extra 1577 hours per year if its request is approved. The Zoo has 55 permit species (164 individuals) and 55 non-permit species (475 individuals). That’s potentially an additional 1,007,703 animal hours (1577hrs x 639) of additional crowd impact/disturbance.
The Zoo maintains many species that are diurnal, i.e. evolved to be active during the day and at rest during the night. The application includes no assessment of the additional risks to these animals or any proposals to manage the additional disturbance. There are also species such as Koalas, which have extraordinary requirements for rest (18 to 20 hours per day) and have limited capacity to cope with additional disturbance.
The application also raises the prospect of Sydney Zoo running a night zoo. This should not occur in areas occupied by animals that are not active at night. Ordinarily night zoos are situated in their own area or run as a geographically separate entity (e.g. Singapore Zoo and Singapore Night Zoo), meaning that it is not appropriate to open up the whole zoo as a night zoo.
It is recommended that Sydney Zoo’s request should not be approved until an appropriate study on the likely impact on the animals has been conducted, plans for those impacts to be mitigated have been developed, and some independent assessment of the impact report and mitigation plans has been assessed as acceptable from an animal welfare perspective by appropriately experienced people independent of the applicant.
Blacktown City Council
Comment
Blacktown City Council
Comment
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Message
No objection subject to attached suggested condition.