Killing of rare parrots - charges to be heard in Robinvale maistrates Court (Vic) on May 22

[Mike Owen <>]

James O'Connor wrote:
> A few years ago Mark Holdsworth valued Orange-bellied Parrots at 
> $35,000 apiece. Ignore CPI, and give the Regents a (conservative) 
> price tag of 20 grand each - 40 of them adds up to $800,000. These 
> blokes were fined a total of $1500, which works out at $37.50 a bird.
Aviary bred Regent parrots retail at around $100 to $150 each currently 
- so 40 would be worth up to $6,000.  However their monetary value is 
immaterial, they seem to have got off lightly.
cheers,

Mike Owen
Sunshine Coast
Qld
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