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Re: Barbary Doves in Adelaide

To: Greg Little <>,
Subject: Re: Barbary Doves in Adelaide
From: brian fleming <>
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:05:31 +1000
   Some years ago there was a proposal by wildlife authorities to remove
the Mallard and other exotic duck populations from the Torrens. There was an outcry from the general public on the grounds that the ducks were pretty, harmless, tame and accepted bread from people, and it would be cruel to both ducks and humans to eliminate them.

The fact that Mallard threaten native Black Duck's existence by hybridization (as they have done in NZ)was not listened to.

I believe the Mallards are still there. I suspect the Barbary Doves will also enjoy the support of the uninformed.

Anthea Fleming






Greg Little wrote:
Jeff & all

Is there some sort of plan or process in place by an authority to have
the feral populations of Barbary Dove eradicated?

Greg Little

Greg Little - Principal Consultant
General Flora and Fauna
PO Box 526
Wallsend, NSW, 2287, Australia
Ph    02 49 556609
Fx    02 49 556671
www.gff.com.au


-----Original Message-----
From: 
 On Behalf Of Jeff Davies
Sent: Thursday, 1 October 2009 12:14 PM
To: 
Subject: [Birding-Aus] Barbary Doves getting a foothold in Adelaide??

David Kowalick has just sent me an email stating that Barbary Dove is
possibly now well established throughout greater Adelaide.

I find this really disturbing news and ask the question why has it been
allowed to happen. If it has happened under the noses of people while
seeking to get an extra Australian tick then all the more disturbing.
Thus
far postings on birding-aus indicated that the birds were of small
number
and confined to a small area across a couple of backyards, but if the
real
story is of a species well on the way to establishing itself then what
happens next. I this is all true then I would suggest the local birding
community needs to present a combined appeal to the authorities to try
and
save the situation before it is physically impossible to reverse.

Jeff Davies.

From: David Kowalick Sent: Thursday, 1 October 2009 11:28 AM
To: 
Subject: re:Barbary Doves

These locations should be reported to the relevent authoraties
especially if
they are breeding so they can be removed while they are still domestic
stupid and not street smart. Cheers Jeff Davies. Hi Jeff,
Agreed. I have already reported these to the relevant department. But it
may
be a bit too late as the birds seem to be well established already
throughout the greater Adelaide metro area albeit thinly and these birds
are
not tame either.

Cheers

Dave K

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