Thank you Peter, they evidently sent you the exact same standard garbage
they sent me. Tony.
At 09:17 18/08/99 +0930, you wrote:
> Hi all, "" talk and the most striking argument I found was the
>following: You can find the full text of the reply below. Regards
>Peter Waanders
> ================== Dear Mr Waanders Thank you for your e-mail dated 21
>July 1999 to the Premier of South Australia, Hon John Olsen MP, regarding
>the removal of the requirement for destruction permits for common native
>parrots causing damage to commercial orchards in a number of districts. As
>this matter is the responsibility of my portfolio as Minister for
>Environment and Heritage, the Premier has asked that I respond on his
>behalf. Removal of the requirement to have a destruction permit is not
>an indiscriminate act. Exemptions from permit are specific to musk
>lorikeets, rainbow lorikeets, Adelaide rosellas and yellow rosellas. These
>species may only be taken within the local government areas of: Adelaide
>Hills, Alexandrina, Barossa, Gawler, Kapunda and Light, Marion, Mitcham,
>Mount Barker, Onkaparinga, Playford, Tea Tree Gully, Victor Harbor,
>Yankalilla, Berri and Barmera, Loxton Waikerie, Mid Murray, Murray Bridge
>and Renmark Paringa. Birds may only be shot under circumstances where they
>are causing damage to commercial orchards and vineyards and the only
>persons authorised to do so are the landowners and their employees or
>agents. In addition, the shooting of birds must not contravene the
>Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act 1985 and the Code of Practice for the
>Humane Destruction of Galahs and Little Corellas by Shooting, the latter
>available from National Parks and Wildlife South Australia and local
>council offices. A species identification pamphlet will be available for
>orchardists to distinguish between exempt and non-exempt species. It is
>important to recognise that the species to which the exemptions apply are
>very common and cause significant damage to commercial orchards and
>vineyards in these areas. The taking of other protected bird species or
>these birds outside of the above conditions without a destruction permit
>is still illegal and people doing so will be subject to prosecution. ""
>program before bird damage becomes widespread within the crop. Removing
>the requirement for destruction permits will enable commercial orchardists
>to act quickly and implement a damage control campaign. Depending on
>economic feasibility, region and the species targeted, this approach must
>be integrated with other techniques such as netting, visual scaring
>methods, trapping by professionals, timing of maturing crops, orchard
>location and the planting of decoy crops. Since shooting is an adjunct
>to a scaring program rather than simply a means of reducing bird numbers,
>it is anticipated that the current initiative will not noticeably impact
>upon the populations of the species exempted from destruction permits.
>Growers will only attempt shooting during the time that buds are forming
>or fruit is maturing and the birds are causing damage to crops. The
>removal of the requirement for destruction permits was carefully planned
>and considered with a view to improving the State’s management for
>the conservation of native species by: preventing the
>concentration of birds on orchards by enabling orchardists to
>implement scaring and shooting programs when birds first arrive, thus
>maximising early deterrent capabilities while minimising the number of
>bird deaths; enabling National Parks and Wildlife South
>Australia and orchardists to establish a cooperative approach to pest
>native bird management by having practical and integrated management
>systems that are sensitive to more vulnerable species and that provide
>sustainable long-term strategies; and removing an
>administrative requirement that was time-consuming and costly while
>not serving a conservation outcome. Controlling damage to crops
>by taking those species to which this action applies is not new,
>destruction permits were previously approved as a matter of course when
>damage was occurring. By removing the requirement for destruction permits
>in some areas, we become more strategic in our approach to management for
>conservation, thus strengthening our efforts to conserve all species.
>Thank you for your correspondence on this matter. Yours sincerely
>HON DOROTHY KOTZ MP MINISTER FOR ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE
Tony Russell,
Adelaide, South Australia
Ph: 08 8337 5959
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