I reckon this issue demands further discussion on this forum. A lot of
information is given out about rare and endangered species on this and
other internet based sites (birdline) in near real-time, without any form
of membership required to access it.
Personally i love how the internet has made it so easy to report and
respond to such sightings, but i think we need to consider how this
information can be used by poachers and smugglers.
Birdwatchers tend to share information freely with international guests
and each other, which is a fantastic thing, but are we being a bit naive
to think that everyones motives are pure???
I dont think membership-based forums will work, but we need to develop
some protocols about responding to RFI's for species that are known to be
of value to the caged-bird trade. Especially the parrot family, which i
know if a big drawcard for visitors to australia, and recieves plenty of
requests for locations.
Regards,
Peter
L&L Knight <>
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[Birding-Aus] Bird Smuggling in Australia
The following item from today's paper illustrates why people should
think twice before publicising nest locations.
http://www.theage.com.au/national/authorities-crack-egg-smuggling-racket-20090502-aquw.html
Regards, Laurie.
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