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| Subject: | Re: rainbow lorikeet removal in unwanted areas |
| From: | "Gemfyre" <> |
| Date: | Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:08:19 +0900 |
"I may be missing something here, but if 10 released individuals in the
1960s
expanded to 15,000+ in 40 years, trying to control the species would seem a bit like 'Whistling in the wind'. You are never going to get back to anything like a manageable figure."It IS possible. There were millions of Passenger Pigeons and humans managed to wipe them out pretty successfully. Belinda Stirling, W.A. |
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