Futhermore to this discussion, i would never consider common miners harmelss.
They are invasive
pest displacing native fauna from hollows and i believe miner traps are now
avaibale, and after
trapping they are eutheunaised, and I for one and glad to see it. I dont get
any enjoyment
knowing an animal is killed, but when i consider they damage they are having on
native fauna
requiring hollows which are already in short supply, I prefer to to take an
objective approach
rather than an emotional approach wth no basis in fact.
Regards, Simon Muirhead
Quoting Gregory Little <>:
> Tony
>
> And Cane Toads are just harmless toads and Camphor Laurel is a
> lovely
> tree. Am disappointed to read your email. While culling or killing
> is
> unpalatable it is necessary and I am sure the Canada Geese were
> removed
> as humanely as possible. Who cares how. Regarding ferals, of course
> even
> Europeans in Australia are introduced exotics if you look at it one
> way
> but we may also be just a natural self introduction if you look at
> it
> another way. However, when we drag all sorts of non native plants
> and
> animals into an environment, anywhere on the planet, then they are
> going
> to have an impact on that environment if they flourish and some
> native
> plants and animals could potentially be lost and that environment
> degraded in ways that are not always obvious. It is not worth the
> risk
> of not nipping something in the bud (removing it) that could
> potentially
> be an environmental problem. I feel the stance should be if it is
> not
> native it does not belong so get rid of it (regardless of how nice
> it
> looks) and have policies for that affect.
>
> Greg Little
>
> Greg Little - Principal Consultant
> General Flora and Fauna
> PO Box 526
> Wallsend, NSW, 2287, Australia
> Ph 02 49 556609
> Fx 02 49 556671
> www.gff.com.au
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of Tony Russell
> Sent: Friday, 14 March 2008 10:23 AM
> To: 'Tony Russell'; 'birding-aus birding-aus'
> Subject: RE: [Birding-Aus] Canada Geese
>
> I just wonder how the geese were disposed of. Were they shot,
> injected,
> or what ?
>
> I guess those doing it worked under the charade of "euthanasia" - a
> euphemism for killing, just as "culling" is another euphemism for
> killing.
>
> Presumably euthanasia and culling are more palatable terms which
> assuage
> the killers' consciences.
>
> Why is it that humans think they have the right, the arrogance, to
> kill
> other life forms ?
>
> I understand the conservation arguments re feral invasion and the
> problems this may cause, but we've survived the influx of Cattle
> Egrets,
> Starlings, House Sparrows, Common Miners,etc, and the incursions
> Long-billed Corellas are making on the east coast - and Perth now
> has
> quite a good population of these too, and the way Eastern Rosellas
> have
> spread across into the Adelaide area. No great disasters. It's not
> like
> foxes and cats which have destroyed populations of native animals -
> these are birds we are talking about, harmless birds.
>
> T.
>
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