>Mallesons Stephen Jaques Solicitors
>Confidential communication
>
>The lawyer in me wonders "what is a native animal"?
>
>Is it:
>one that breeds here?
>one that occurs here naturally, ie is not introduced?
>one that occurs here on a regular basis?
>
>I might look up sometime if it has ever been considered by a court. I
>doubt it. What about Kookaburras and Lyrebirds in Tasmania that are
>introduced? What about a relocated population of Noisy Scrubbirds?
>
>Murray Lord
>Solicitor
>Mallesons Stephen Jaques Sydney
>Direct line (61 2) 9296 2186
>Fax (61 2) 9296 3999
I can't say for Australia but in the US East Coast (MD), thanks to
introduced species a definition has had to be made for aquatics and it is
that any species population that has been found in a region for 10 years
(e.g. breeding there) is considered non-invasive and part of the local
fauna.
Cheers, Harriette
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Harriette L. Phelps
Department of Anatomy and Histology F13
University of Sydney
NSW 2006
Australia
Ph. 61-2-9351-2841
Fax 61-2-9351-2813
e-mail
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