Using Dogs can go wrong. That is why the appropriate training and care is
needed. Any person using any working dog has to do their homework, cross the
T's and dot the I's. Also understanding using the breed used is also
paramount. Understanding dog behaviour is also a wonderful idea. Also even
the best livestock protection dog needs to have a Human Shepherd to oversea
a project. No one is perfect.
r.
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Michael Tarburton <
> wrote:
> G'day birding Ausers
>
> Using dogs can go wrong.
>
> While we were living in New Zealand the DOC was capturing the few
> remaining Kakapo (a flightless parrot) on the South Island and
> placing them on a small predator-free island in Cook Strait.
>
> All the birds they had caught bar one were shown to be males. Then
> one of the rangers dogs killed that one and they found out that it
> too was a male!
>
> Luckily a population of Kakapo on another small offshore island was
> found. Problem #2 was that the island was full of cats and the
> parrots were in rapid decline. By then though the NZ DOC was very
> good at getting rid of cats and that island has become a safe haven
> for the endangered parrot.
>
>
>
> Cheers
> Mike
>
>
>
> Michael Tarburton
> Melbourne
>
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>
>
>
>
>
> On 20/02/2008, at 2:59 PM, wrote:
>
> > G'day all
> >
> > late last year there was "an incident" that you can read about here:
> >
> > http://warrnambool.yourguide.com.au/articles/1149668.html?src=search
> >
> > http://warrnambool.yourguide.com.au/articles/1151004.html?src=search
> >
> > http://warrnambool.yourguide.com.au/articles/1158807.html?src=search
> >
> > So, the trial is promising but not without problems.
> >
> > I don't know how things are going lately.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Steve Clark
> > Hamilton, Vic
> >
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