1. Re: of companion animals and wildlife-especiallyoftheendangered variety (Dave Torr)

["Peter Shute" <>]

 wrote on Tuesday, 19 February 2008
10:52 AM:

> to see anyone enforce the rules. Like it or not dog owners
> (most of them) pay license fees and so probably have more
> clout with councils than birders!

Dog owners also have the numbers on the ground.  Look around any park,
beach, etc, and count the people birding.  I try to make a point of
wearing my binoculars on the way in and out so people see me (they
probably think "wow, how cool") but I'm still generally the only one
there.

I guess even when there's a group of us we aren't that conspicuous.
Perhaps if we ran around madly with our tongues hanging out and barking
we'd get more attention.  I guess that happens sometimes - depends on
the bird.

Peter Shute
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