The Wire

The rapid growth in the number of long-nosed fur seals in south-eastern South Australia has provoked calls to cull the endangered species. Liberal MP Adrian Pederick recently caused an furore when he moved a motion in state parliament to cull the fur seals. Now, local Ngarrindjeri elder Darrell Sumner has vowed to take matters into his own hands, personally culling the animals despite the risk of imprisonment. Sumner believes the seals are killing the main local totem, the pelican. He says the seals have never lived in the Coorong before, and they are damaging the environment.