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Bad news from Macquarie

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Subject: Bad news from Macquarie
From: Dr Mark Carey <>
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:58:37 +1100
A question of whether the costs out weigh the benefits.  How many eggs and 
chicks are taken each year as a result of mice/rat predation and the associated 
impact of rabbit grazing?
2000 birds does sound like a lot but without knowing the full details it's hard 
to make a informed judgement.  
 

> Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 16:35:05 +1100
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> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Bad news from Macquarie
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> Indeed - you can't expect 100% accuracy from a newspaper! But it is
> disturbing that something that was supposed to be protecting the birds seems
> to have the opposite effect - especially as the total kill seems likely to
> be somewhat higher.
> 
> On 18 October 2011 16:31, Peter Shute <> wrote:
> 
> > What sort of ducks? And what percentage of the total is 2000.
> >
> > There seems to be some confusion about how they were poisoned.
> >
> > Peter Shute
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