The Wodonga Group in Region 24 sought Association assistance to force power supply companies to fit existing and future clear span power lines with marker buoys and State Council agreed to support.
CFA?s response was:
CFA acknowledges this issue as a concern and will communicate with the Victorian Chief Electrical Inspector detailing your concerns and acknowledges that this is considered to be a key operational and safety issue in the field.
Pitty it's not in SA
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Verdoorn believes vulture populations have generally stabilized throughout South Africa. "People are using poisons more responsibly. We teach them how to use [poison] if they still have to use it, but we try to educate them not to use it at all," Verdoorn said. "We now have more than 200 vulture restaurants in the country where they are fed carcasses. With the co-operation of Escom (South Africa's electricity provider), power lines have been fitted with markers in areas where many vultures used to get killed or maimed by flying into the lines. Also, conductors have been insulated on pylons where they roost or nest.
Why will it be impossible for them to put coloring into their power lines when manufactured that will make it a more visible neon orange and save another endangered species? " AVIATORS ''
