Hi Martin,
One door closes another opens, its now called the Games
Council and is across the street from the old office. Dr Andrew Moriarty is
the Acting Chief Executive Officer, that's according to the letter I
received from the DPI dated 27 September 2013.
Neville
-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Butterfield
Sent: Friday, October 4, 2013 9:09 AM
To: John Leonard
Cc: Birding-aus
Subject: Pink-eared Duck
Of more interest may be that I thought, with some satisfaction,that the
Game Council had been disbanded or abolished. see
http://www.gamecouncil.nsw.gov.au/ - note first sentence under "*IMPORTANT
NOTICE – ORANGE OFFICES CLOSED"*
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Martin
On 4 October 2013 08:46, John Leonard <> wrote:
Being the pedant I am I would reply to the NSW Government and say if
the behaviour of this duck "effects rice growth", then what's the problem?
John Leonard
On 4 October 2013 08:42, Neville Schrader OAM <>
wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I’ve got an interesting reply from the NSW Government in relation to
> recent amendments to the Game and feral Animal Control Act 2002.
>
> The contents of the letter in justifying adding the Pink-eared Duck, was
> to quote “evidence suggests that this species may not eat seed but they
may
> land in crops in groups and create muddy water which effects rice growth
> and also create open patches which are then used by seed eating ducks to
> access crops.” A lot of maybe’s, but no evidence. Does anyone know of
> any
> studies on ducks in rice crop, carried out recently or in the last few
> years, that provide evidence to these allegations.
>
> The interest conclusion to the letter intrigued me, suggesting that I
> contact the game council if I wished to discuss this issue further. I
> thought the Government run the state. Maybe I’m wrong.
>
> If I was a spoonbill I’d step lightly from now on.
>
> Neville
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