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8000 SIGNATURES FERRET PETITION

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Subject: 8000 SIGNATURES FERRET PETITION
From: Andrew Taylor <>
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 17:03:23 +1100
On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 09:20:11AM +1000, Alan Gillanders wrote:
> The reason to bother is that the way the legislation works at the moment
> makes it possible to import an organism which is already in Australia
> without a risk assessment. This allows for the introduction of weedy forms
> of plants and could do so for animals as well.

Alan, unless I missed Queensland seceding - and I'm not necessarily
against this - imports are controlled federally and the existance (or not)
of Queensland ferrets isn't relevant.

Maybe you are thinking of the presence of genera on the federal "Permitted
Seeds List" :
http://www.wwf.org.au/News_and_information/Publications/PDF/Report/wide_open_to_weeds.pdf

Andrew
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