Australians have a woeful record of extinction. In the case of the
Pipistrelle, it's hard to avoid assuming the Federal Govt deliberately
left
the issue as late as it could to avoid any continuing costs. It's
pathetic.
Presumably the outcome would have been very different if New Zealand
had
been in charge of Christmas Island.
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Chris, I am not disagreeing with you but think it is important to note
that many many appeals were made the Howard Government over the time
it was in power to act to save the pip. It was that government that
oversaw the gradual decline of the species down to the stage where it
was declared critically endangered in 2006. Garrett was only the
decision maker in 2008 and 2009.
It's possible (but not all that likely) that a successful attempt to
might have been made to save the species early in 2008. This is the
earliest opportunity the current government would have had to take
action.
The delay caused by the trial breeding of mainland seems to me to have
been a huge waste of time. However, even had Garrett not insisted on
the trial the species was doomed by the actions of the previous
government. The time to take heroic measures to save a species is when
it is reaches the vulnerable threshold, waiting any longer just leaves
one watching the slow decline into extinction (as described by Sean in
"the big twitch" with regards to a local population of babblers - to
bring the whole thread back to topic)
storm
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