Fortunately, that idea seems to have been thoroughly hit on the head.
I wonder what the next bright idea will be.
Carl Clifford
On 06/09/2011, at 2:17 PM, John Leonard wrote:
Not as stupid a plan as importing Savanna Cats, which could outcompete
the feral cats already here and kill wildlife even more efficiently,.
Silver Foxes are just a colour-phase of the Red Fox and if they
escaped would just merge into the gene-pool. Australia is already
fully-stocked with feral foxes.
John Leonard
On 6 September 2011 13:52, Carl Clifford <>
wrote:
Greg,
They will make interesting looking hybrids with the Red Fox; see
http://retrieverman.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/arctic-foxred-fox-
hybrids/
Carl Clifford
On 06/09/2011, at 12:24 PM, Greg Little wrote:
Carl
Fully agree mate, there are enough exotic pests in the country without
introducing more.
Greg Little
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Carl
Clifford
Sent: Tuesday, 6 September 2011 11:31 AM
To: Birding-Aus Aus
Subject: [Birding-Aus] Plan to import Silver Foxes as pets
Dear All,
Yet another bit of lunacy by the pet industry. An application to
import Silver Foxes (not the type that hang out in upmarket bars) as
pets, has been lodged by someone in NSW. Fortunately most of our
steamed leaders have not been terribly enthusiastic. Tony Burke, the
Fed Environment leader has said "at first glance it seems insane".
Personally, I think the idea is insane no matter how many glances, or
even a long, hard stare are given to this idea. It is about as
intelligent idea as the attempt to import Savannah Cats.
Details can be found at
http://m.smh.com.au/environment/animals/silver-fox-import-plan-condemned-201
10905-1jubj.html
Carl Clifford
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