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Maremma dogs and penguins in Warrnambool (SW Vic) - a setback

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Subject: Maremma dogs and penguins in Warrnambool (SW Vic) - a setback
From: Michael Tarburton <>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:35:46 +1100
G'day birding Ausers

Using dogs can go wrong.

While we were living in New Zealand the DOC was capturing the few remaining Kakapo (a flightless parrot) on the South Island and placing them on a small predator-free island in Cook Strait.

All the birds they had caught bar one were shown to be males. Then one of the rangers dogs killed that one and they found out that it too was a male!

Luckily a population of Kakapo on another small offshore island was found. Problem #2 was that the island was full of cats and the parrots were in rapid decline. By then though the NZ DOC was very good at getting rid of cats and that island has become a safe haven for the endangered parrot.



Cheers
Mike



Michael Tarburton
Melbourne

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On 20/02/2008, at 2:59 PM,  wrote:

G'day all

late last year there was "an incident" that you can read about here:

http://warrnambool.yourguide.com.au/articles/1149668.html?src=search

http://warrnambool.yourguide.com.au/articles/1151004.html?src=search

http://warrnambool.yourguide.com.au/articles/1158807.html?src=search

So, the trial is promising but not without problems.

I don't know how things are going lately.

Cheers
Steve Clark
Hamilton, Vic

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