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Sean Dooley's Lunchbox Soapbox

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Subject: Sean Dooley's Lunchbox Soapbox
From: John Leonard <>
Date: Wed, 5 May 2010 07:56:08 +1000
Sean's piece in the Age

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/soon-to-be-exparrot-extinct-in-the-wild-within-five-years-20100504-u71g.html

basically answers the question (=drought causing low quality habitat
on Victorian coast in winter)

:,-(

John Leonard

On 5 May 2010 03:48, Denise Goodfellow <> wrote:
> We do need a new paradigm, one where not only people like us know and love
> our wildlife.  How many schoolkids do you know who learn about polar bears
> and tigers, but know absolutely nothing about Australian wildlife outside of
> kangaroos and koalas?  And the number of people who tell me that Steve Irwin
> was great because he publicised Australian fauna to children is amazing. He
> certainly influenced some of the tour guides I know!
>
> I believe for a start that some species of still common wildlife ought to be
> made more available as pets so that at least our children will know and love
> them.  We've had lots of top-down solutions that go as far as prosecuting
> people for touching roadkills (I haven't been prosecuted yet, but I've been
> threatened, for taking dead snakes to school to teach kids how to tell the
> difference between venomous and non-venomous taxa), and as far as I can see
> it has done little to better the situation.
>
> And while I'm on a rant, I'm sick and tired of having to persuade my
> semi-traditional relatives not to take kittens out to Arnhem Land because
> their kids want one - yes they've seen them in pet shops and on television
> so they must be nice to have -  or to buy pretty plants like those the
> landscapers in their wisdom have used to decorate the local Aboriginal
> reserve.
>
> --
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> on 4/5/10 9:32 PM, Andrew Thelander at  wrote:
>
>> Hello Sean
>>
>> I wish you well for your talk. Distance prohibits my attendance. The jury is
>> no longer out on this one IMO. The Government sector has scored a sad FAIL
>> mark when it comes to endangered species.
>>
>> We need a new paradigm. One that guarantees funding. One where the work is
>> prioritized, managed and done by people who care passionately and who are
>> allowed to work safely behind a cordon sanitaire against the disease of
>> short-sighted politicking and pork barreling.
>>
>> Sorry for the wee rant! Cheers
>>
>> Andrew Thelander Author of "Last Birds"
>> Blog: http://last-birds.blogspot.com/
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: 
>>  On Behalf Of SeanDooley
>> Sent: Tuesday, 4 May 2010 12:45 PM
>> To: 'BIRDING-AUS'
>> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Sean Dooley's Lunchbox Soapbox
>>
>> The title of my talk is "Hands up who wants to die? The fate of endangered
>> species in the new conservation regime." I think they were expecting a
>> cutesy little talk about quaint birdwatchers but are instead getting my take
>> on what is happening with the threatened species concept in this country at
>> the moment. To their credit, the Centre have expressed strong delight that I
>> am taking a more provocative approach.
>>
>> I will also be talking about the recent announcement from Peter Garrett that
>> the Orange-bellied Parrot is on the verge of extinction. I am surprised at
>> the lack of response to this on Birding-aus. I suspect that this is because
>> the language of the press release was rather benign, but read the statement
>> carefully, and this issue is very, very serious. This bird is so close to
>> exticntion that if anyone wants to see it in the wild, I would suggest
>> making plans to look for it this year, or next at the latest. Unless
>> something miraculous happens, there will be very few, if any left beyond
>> then.
>>
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