Hello Tom,
Fair comment. However, I didn't say that there wasn't any poaching. I just
said that in my opinion poaching is not a serious threat to Australia's
buttonquail. On a local scale poaching could affect populations of course.
That's not to say that a certain amount of caution isn't warranted. I was
careful not to widely publicise places where I used to see Chestnut-backed
Buttonquail in the NT in the late 90's. There was probably very little risk
of them being poached but I figured it was better to be safe than sorry.
I just think that poaching gets bandied out about as the cause of species
declines all the time and I reckon its usually insignificant in Australia
compared to habitat loss and habitat change that is running out of control.
Poaching is even less likely to be a problem with relatively unpopular
birds like quail.
Of course, if someone tells me about an organised Buff-breasted Buttonquail
smuggling operation I'll have to review my opinion!
Cheers
Mick
At 10:17 PM 15/01/2005, Tom Tarrant wrote:
Hi Mick
About a decade back I found traps set at a well-known Black-breasted
Buttonquail site in SE Qld, I'm sure that there would have been no
other possible quarry.
Tom
In my opinion poaching of quail is VERY unlikely to be a serious
threat to any of Australia's quail or buttonquail.
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