Fw: [BIRDCHAT] Illegal Nest Sales on eBay

Hi All, (esp. Russell)

I once reported a nest site, and recieved
an email from a birding_aus members terrified that an egg collector might
get hold of the information and raid the nest. 
It made me more aware of the  fact
that a lot of information posted on birding aus could be used by poachers
for nests, eggs, and birds themselves, and even more troubling is that
all the information in the archive is available via search engines on the
net.

Russell:  Has it ever been considered
to created birding_aus memberships, and put password protection on the
Archives?

What would people think about this?


Peter

"Ricki Coughlan" <>
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11/07/2004 06:32 AM

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Subject	[BIRDING-AUS] Fw: [BIRDCHAT] Illegal Nest Sales on eBay

G'day All

I'm including the message info in the following to provide a framework
for
relevancy.

Has anybody noticed this rather alarming trend in Australia? Once somebody
starts this sort of activity it can grow rapidly: four dozen auctions!
The
responses suggested by the author of the email seem pretty sound.

There just seems to be no limit to the ignorance of humans and the their
inventiveness when it comes to harming nature.

Regards - Ricki