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Maremmas and the pest eradication problem on Macquarie Island.

To: "inger vandyke" <>
Subject: Maremmas and the pest eradication problem on Macquarie Island.
From: "Dave Torr" <>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:50:58 +1100
I would not have thought Maremmas were at all suitable - I understood them
to guard flocks from potential predators whereas I assume at Macquarie you
want an active hunter - more of a terrier maybe? So long as it only goes for
fur and not feathers.

On 21/02/2008, inger vandyke <> wrote:
>
>
> 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> > >
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