More than 1000 animals have been culled at a Queensland holiday destination to prevent traffic hazards and damage to resort property.

The Department of Environment and Heritage Protection has issued Damage Mitigation Permits (DMPs) to the resort operator at Hamilton Island that allow for the culling of certain native birdlife and some introduced species.

Hundreds of wild animals have been culled at Hamilton Island, in the Whitsundays. Credit:Jessica Hromas

A statement from EHP said the permits were for the "ongoing management of some wildlife species to prevent unacceptable levels of damage, and to protect public safety at the airport and in the resort itself".

From November 2014 to May 2016, the permits allowed for 393 agile wallabies, 599 common brushtail possums, 35 sulphur crested cockatoos, 36 pied currawongs, three torresian crows, and one laughing kookaburra to be destroyed.