Sean,
Congrats also for the elusive Birthday Party reference - Dead Joe lives!!
Best and someday I'll do a note about Nick's ornithologia...
Bob Gosford
Alice Springs
On 5 May 2010 03:18, Denise Goodfellow <> wrote:
> We do need a new paradigm, one where not only people like us know and love
> our wildlife. How many schoolkids do you know who learn about polar bears
> and tigers, but know absolutely nothing about Australian wildlife outside
> of
> kangaroos and koalas? And the number of people who tell me that Steve
> Irwin
> was great because he publicised Australian fauna to children is amazing. He
> certainly influenced some of the tour guides I know!
>
> I believe for a start that some species of still common wildlife ought to
> be
> made more available as pets so that at least our children will know and
> love
> them. We've had lots of top-down solutions that go as far as prosecuting
> people for touching roadkills (I haven't been prosecuted yet, but I've been
> threatened, for taking dead snakes to school to teach kids how to tell the
> difference between venomous and non-venomous taxa), and as far as I can see
> it has done little to better the situation.
>
> And while I'm on a rant, I'm sick and tired of having to persuade my
> semi-traditional relatives not to take kittens out to Arnhem Land because
> their kids want one - yes they've seen them in pet shops and on television
> so they must be nice to have - or to buy pretty plants like those the
> landscapers in their wisdom have used to decorate the local Aboriginal
> reserve.
>
> --
> Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow
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>
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>
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>
>
>
> on 4/5/10 9:32 PM, Andrew Thelander at wrote:
>
> > Hello Sean
> >
> > I wish you well for your talk. Distance prohibits my attendance. The jury
> is
> > no longer out on this one IMO. The Government sector has scored a sad
> FAIL
> > mark when it comes to endangered species.
> >
> > We need a new paradigm. One that guarantees funding. One where the work
> is
> > prioritized, managed and done by people who care passionately and who are
> > allowed to work safely behind a cordon sanitaire against the disease of
> > short-sighted politicking and pork barreling.
> >
> > Sorry for the wee rant! Cheers
> >
> > Andrew Thelander Author of "Last Birds"
> > Blog: http://last-birds.blogspot.com/
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
> > On Behalf Of SeanDooley
> > Sent: Tuesday, 4 May 2010 12:45 PM
> > To: 'BIRDING-AUS'
> > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Sean Dooley's Lunchbox Soapbox
> >
> > The title of my talk is "Hands up who wants to die? The fate of
> endangered
> > species in the new conservation regime." I think they were expecting a
> > cutesy little talk about quaint birdwatchers but are instead getting my
> take
> > on what is happening with the threatened species concept in this country
> at
> > the moment. To their credit, the Centre have expressed strong delight
> that I
> > am taking a more provocative approach.
> >
> > I will also be talking about the recent announcement from Peter Garrett
> that
> > the Orange-bellied Parrot is on the verge of extinction. I am surprised
> at
> > the lack of response to this on Birding-aus. I suspect that this is
> because
> > the language of the press release was rather benign, but read the
> statement
> > carefully, and this issue is very, very serious. This bird is so close to
> > exticntion that if anyone wants to see it in the wild, I would suggest
> > making plans to look for it this year, or next at the latest. Unless
> > something miraculous happens, there will be very few, if any left beyond
> > then.
> >
> >
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