Two initial charges have been filed, under the Wildlife Act 1975, in relation to the deaths of numerous wedge-tailed eagles in East Gippsland.
The charges concern the killing of protected wildlife, being wedge-tailed eagles, through the use of bait impregnated with poison between October 2016 and April 2018.
The accused has been arrested, charged and bailed. A condition of that bail is that he surrenders his passport so as to ensure his appearance before a court of proper jurisdiction.
The Department of Environment Land Water and Planning (DELWP) would like to inform the community that investigations are ongoing, including forensic examination of evidence recently seized in searches of relevant properties.
