Growing pains for Ranges wildlife

Growing pains for Ranges wildlife

Joanna Beard It’s a crisp, June morning on the outskirts of Gisborne. Stolen glances of Mount Macedon and the comforting smell of woodsmoke are among the wintry delights here. But there’s something that distracts from the beauty. It’s the dead animals splayed along the roadside. Two eastern grey kangaroos, one ringtail possum, one crimson rosella and one magpie. There’s a body on almost every road. Twisted and flattened. This isn’t an unusual si…