Multiple trees in Cowra’s Peace Precinct have been felled, as discovered by the Cowra Guardian over the weekend.
Trees were bent clean from their trunks with rub or ring marks, with tyre tracks leading from the trees, with Council yet to confirm if any investigations were taking place.
One notable tree, sponsored by the late Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated while he was delivering a campaign speech in 2022, was completely removed from the trunk, with bite or cut marks along the branches.
The Cowra Guardian contacted Cowra Council regarding the matter, but at time of writing had not received a response.
Local land services have previously advised landholders to look for the following signs and start monitoring movements if feral deer are suspected of destroying trees. They have been told to keep an eye out for rubs on trees, scats and wallows in creeks and waterways, and if you have the means, try setting up some fixed cameras in key locations to monitor for wild deer.
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Many other trees on the peace walk are protected by mesh barriers.
