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Cannon Netting waders

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Subject: Cannon Netting waders
From: HARRIS & WESTRUP John & Jude <>
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2001 09:07:29 +1000
Come on people, get a life and an understanding!!!!

I have been on many a cannon netting trip around Brisbane and have not
seen a fatality.  At one stage, Heather Foord and a channel 9 crew were
filming what was happening for a doco on Moreton Bay as well as DPI
staff taking anal squabs of terns and waders, looking for signs of
Newcastles Disease and Japanese Encephalitis.  A lot of the birds netted
were godwits who are notoriously susceptible to being trapped, but all
that was required was rapid and careful processing of the birds for them
all to survive.  Any injured were taken to a vet "in the know" and later
released.  About 1000 birds have been netted in my presence and no
fatalities yet (expected 40, by figures banded around).

Where has a lot of our info come from, that is used in field guides,
management reports etc?? Uh? specimens that have been shot by museum or
CSIRO collectors, those trapped and banded..........etc

Maybe if you are so concerned but are willing to use the information
collected, you may like to get a few others toghether and go and help. 
As in many situations, more hands would make life work and reduce the
lag time between capture and release.

John Harris
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