They kill for views in Sydney
The equivalent of 14 tennis courts of habitat destroyed
."265 trees have been destroyed… including the habitat of animals like beautiful lyrebirds, bandicoots, and wallabies that have only sort of just come back into the area as well."
"You're talking about $5 million, $6 million houses here so if you're fined $50,000 or whatever, that's nothing to them. It needs to be jail time and it needs to be millions of dollars."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-30/tree-vandalism-in-castle-cove/102792692
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Hundreds of trees cut and poisoned at Sydney's Castle Cove with reward offered for information

Trees covering the equivalent of 14 tennis courts of land have been cut and poisoned at Castle Cove, decimating important habitat for native animals.

ABC News