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Strathboogie climbing 8-Feb-2007 At 5:37:16 PM Dworx1

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I was recently up around strathboogie climbing at teneriff and a few other spots up there, one crag was particulary interesting, I went up to Mt wombat lookout and spoke to the Fire lookout guy. I was enquiring about access to a large crag on the back side of mt wombat from the road it looks like a 100 120 ft crag. The fire guy claims that the access is now restricted by the farmer as a couple of months ago some climbers where up there and found some wedgetail eagles caught in very old now illegal crow traps. The climbers called animal protection services and the farmer was charged. Now the Fire guy told me that the farmer was totally unaware that the wedgies were caught in the traps he obviuosly hadn't checked them for awhile. This is why they are now illegal as the animal (crow or eagle or whateva is caught in the trpa dies of starvation.) The farmer had set them up to catch crows, which is also illegal, but old school famers do a lot of illegal shit, my own dad is one.
The fire guy claims the farmer was pissed the climbers didn't tell him that the wedgies were caught in them and as a result the area is now unaccessible. I'm not defending the farmer or the climbers, if i found wedgies caught is steel cages i'd probably call the cops rather than go and speak to the farmer. Just wondering if anyone else knows anything about this........