Hi All,
I have been reading this thread with some interest.
I wonder if many of the concerns here have been taken into consideration for
the project on Macquarie Island?
The reason for the delay in responding to the rabbit problem, I believe, is
while they train suitable dogs to finish off any remaining rabbits after the
baiting program is completed.
Are they planning on using Maremmas?
What then would stop a dog from attacking a nesting albatross (albatrosses are
very resolute and will stay on their nest until the dire end before deserting
it) or a competing Brown Skua for the same food source.
Just a thought....
I would love to hear from anyone who is involved in the deployment of dogs on
Macquarie to find out whether or not these activities were taken into
consideration when making that decision. Cheers Inger Vandyke
www.ingervandyke.com > Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:22:19 +1100> From:
> To: > Subject: Re:
[Birding-Aus] Maremma dogs and penguins in Warrnambool (SW Vic) - a setback>
CC: > > Using Dogs can go wrong. That is why the
appropriate training and care is> needed. Any person using any working dog has
to do their homework, cross the> T's and dot the I's. Also understanding using
the breed used is also> paramount. Understanding dog behaviour is also a
wonderful idea. Also even> the best livestock protection dog needs to have a
Human Shepherd to oversea> a project. No one is perfect.> > r.> > On Thu, Feb
21, 2008 at 2:35 PM, Michael Tarburton <> >
wrote:> > > 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> > > >
====================================> >> >> >> >> >> > 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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