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Re: Repco Rally

To: Stephen Ambrose <>, "" <>
Subject: Re: Repco Rally
From: Peter Shute <>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 12:07:08 +1000
Stephen Ambrose wrote on Wednesday, 2 September 2009 7:45 AM:

> I would also be interested to see the rally organizers temporarily
> halt race stages if they see a Koala cross the road or tracks in
> front of rally cars, as the CEO of Rally Australia claimed would
> happen. They also seem to be concerned about protecting Koalas only,
> and there was no mention if they would take the same course of action
> if other wildlife species (e.g.
> Albert's Lyrebirds, Black-breasted Button-quails, Long-nosed
> Potoroos, Three-toed Snake-toothed Skinks) crossed roads.

Yes, that would be interesting.  More interesting would be what they would do 
if an official discovered a freshly killed one - would they report it or kick 
it out of sight?

I don't know about the skinks, but I would have thought the other species 
mentioned would be across the road before you had time to think about it.

Peter Shute==============================www.birding-aus.org
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