>writing it, so I thought I better make sure he was wrong before I write him
>a letter pointing out his mistake.
>>Cheers
>>Lorna
>
>Hi Lorna,
>
>Since no one else has follow this up, here's my 2c.
>>He makes no mention of any introduced Ostriches in America, or anywhere
other
>than S Aus and WA (sometime before 1912).
>
>Has anyone else anything on this.
>
>Pete
>
>Dr Peter Woodall email =
>Division of Vet Pathology & Anatomy
>School of Veterinary Science. Phone = +61 7 3365 2300
>The University of Queensland Fax = +61 7 3365 1355
>Brisbane, Qld, Australia 4072 WWW =
http://www.uq.edu.au/~anpwooda
>"hamba phezulu" (= "go higher" in isiZulu)
>
While not knowing a lot about ostriches, feral colonies did exist in
Australia There would still be some feral birds around
Not being a native bird I dont think they would have received protection
against being exported or trapped
My feeling would be there would have been birds available from Australia
for export
with the crazy prices like up too $ 100,000 for breeding pair and $2000
for an egg payed in the last 10-15 years most feral birds would have
been trapped , but as the industry crashed again interest in them would
also have crashed I guess the question is whether 60 years ago any
Americans were looking to bring any animals across from Australia , Im sure
they would have cheers Ian
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