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Re: RE: [Birding-Aus] Lord Howe Island Rodent Control Draws Flack

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Subject: Re: RE: [Birding-Aus] Lord Howe Island Rodent Control Draws Flack
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Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 05:30:13 +0000
Even just aesthetically it would be the best thing that's happened to the Island since the Woodhens were plucked back from the brink if the rats could be removed. It's very sinster to walk through the largely empty forests on the island and have the rats stand still, unafraid, and watch you as walk by....

(And I say this as someone who has kept pet rats and loved them dearly)

John Leonard

On 25/06/2009 1:25pm, inger vandyke <> wrote:



Hi Mick and All,











The owls are already smashing the White Tern chicks on the island. If both they and the rats were removed permanently the avian face of the island would probably change for the better.











(Apologies to any supporters of the owls being there)











Regards,











Inger
































> Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:21:51 +1000


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> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Lord Howe Island Rodent Control Draws Flack


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> Hello all,


>


> I'm no expert on this but I have heard bits and pieces. I heard that the


> re-introductions were going to be things like Grey Fantails from Norfolk


> Island. ie. the next best thing to having the originals which are mostly


> of course extinct.


>


> As for the Tasmanian Masked Owls eating the baits via dying rats....


> well they are planning on removing the owls as well. I gather the


> concern is that the rat-deprived owls will turn to seabirds, woodhens etc.


>


> Cheers


>


> Mick


>


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