Man fined $10,000 for hoarding hundreds of dead native animals

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 23 Oct, 09:32 · Archive

A 74-year-old man in Victoria was fined $10,000 after authorities found hundreds of dead, frozen and stuffed native animals at his home.

Glenn Richard Rollo, 74, has been fined $10,000 after the Conservation Regulator uncovered hundreds of dead native animals at his home in Kynetown, northwest of Melbourne. His collection, spread across 14 freezers and taxidermied displays, included 78 emus, 26 echidnas, 42 brushtail possums and more than 700 dead native birds discovered during four days of searching his property.

Rollo was also keeping 15 live reptiles in enclosures, including native snakes and turtles. Authorities found that six native reptiles were being held in conditions not meeting welfare standards. He was also in possession of red-eared slider turtles and corn snakes, both classified as prohibited pests, without holding the required licence.

Several of the animals in his collection were threatened species, including barking owls, diamond pythons and Murray River short-necked turtles. Rollo was charged with multiple wildlife and animal welfare offences: illegally possessing and selling wildlife, taking wildlife from the wild without authorisation, failing to meet animal welfare requirements, and keeping prohibited pests without a licence. The Conservation Regulator's director of regulatory operations, Cal Heppell, said the case highlighted the importance of Victoria's wildlife and animal welfare protections.

How it is being reported

• Man fined $10,000 after hundreds of dead, stuffed native animals found in bizarre discoveryA man’s bizarre illegal hoard of hundreds of frozen, stuffed and live native animals – found across 14 freezers – has been revealed.The West Australian · 23 Oct, 09:00
• Man fined $10,000 after hundreds of dead, stuffed native animals found in bizarre discoveryA man’s bizarre illegal hoard of hundreds of frozen, stuffed and live native animals – found across 14 freezers – has been revealed.Perth Now · 23 Oct, 08:59

In this story: Glenn Richard Rollo · Conservation Regulator · Kynetown · Melbourne · Victoria

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