birding-aus

Govt may prohibit supercat breed: Wong

To: "'Birding-aus'" <>
Subject: Govt may prohibit supercat breed: Wong
From: "Alastair Smith" <>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 17:58:34 +1000
>From the ABC news website...It's pleasing to see the govt being somewhat
proactive.

The Federal Government is investigating whether to ban the savannah cat,
which is a hybrid of the African serval.

The Greens have raised concerns that the savannah cat could be a threat to
Australia's native wildlife.

Senator Penny Wong said none of the cats had been imported into Australia,
despite several breeders promoting the pet.

"The Government does recognise that it is essential that Australia's
environment be protected from new, potentially invasive predators," she
said. 

"I'm advised that the Minister for the Environment has initiated a process
for possible amendment of the live import list to prohibit savannah cats."

 

===============================
www.birding-aus.org
birding-aus.blogspot.com

To unsubscribe from this mailing list, 
send the message:
unsubscribe 
(in the body of the message, with no Subject line)
to: 
===============================

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Admin

The University of NSW School of Computer and Engineering takes no responsibility for the contents of this archive. It is purely a compilation of material sent by many people to the birding-aus mailing list. It has not been checked for accuracy nor its content verified in any way. If you wish to get material removed from the archive or have other queries about the archive e-mail Andrew Taylor at this address: andrewt@cse.unsw.EDU.AU