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Shooting in Birdlife controlled conservation areas

To: "David Clark" <>, "Birding Aus" <>
Subject: Shooting in Birdlife controlled conservation areas
From: "" <>
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2013 11:46:57 +1100
It is good Birdlife being proactive in controlling ferals at Gluepot. It is a 
shame more land managers don't do the same. 

I can only agree with David that hunting in a closed reserve is different to 
hinting in an open national park. Back in the 90's while working as a ranger in 
qld, we closed one of the main tourist areas, for 18 hrs, to attempt to shoot 
some of the feral pigs in the area that were doing so much damage. This wasn't 
being done on an ad hoc basis and all users knew about it. I'm not sure the 
same will be the case in NSW.

Yours in all things "green"

John Harris
Croydon, Vic
Owner - Wildlife Experiences
Ecologist/Zoologist
Nature Photographer
Wildlife Guide

0409090955

President, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
(www.fncv.org.au)

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From: "David Clark" <>
To: "birding-aus" <>
Subject: [Birding-Aus] Shooting in Birdlife controlled conservation areas
Date: Sat, Mar 2, 2013 11:21


That is like comparing apples with oranges.

Gluepot Reserve is closed to the public while very experienced shooters
cull goats.  The NSW situation, as I understand it, allows hunting in
national parks while other users attempt to enjoy the environment.

Cheers

David

On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 10:29 AM, Neville Schrader OAM <
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> It appears to me to be a pretty hard argument we have in NSW to stop
> shooting in National Parks, when we see statement like this in the last
> Birdlife e- News, in relation to Gluepot Reserve, i.e six members of the
> sporting shooters visited for four days, shooting 74 goats, a cat and a
> fox, and they also trapped two foxes. Whilst I am aware that other states
> allow shooting in Conservation areas, I don’t see why Birdlife should
> support such. Trapping I have no problem with or rounding up the goats and
> selling.
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> The question now is, who controls the policy of operations and management
> in Gluepot and Birdlife.
>
> In disappointment
>
> Neville Schrader
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