While obviously not a great story the quotes; ' This disgraceful episode has
irreparably damaged the credibility of the
environmental movement in Tasmania' and ' This saga places a cloud of shame
over the entire Tasmanian environmental movement' involve a little
hyperbole.
Having said that I certainly agree with Ian that the money could have [with
the benefit of hindsight] been put to much better uses.
Cheers
Ken
-----Original Message-----
From: Birding-Aus On Behalf Of
Ian May
Sent: Thursday, 10 December 2015 8:46 PM
To: Birding-aus
Cc: Hunt, Greg (MP); Ivan Dean
Subject: Tasmanian Fox Hoax or Fraud
<>A recent review into the Tasmanian Fox eradication program has found
no evidence of foxes in Tasmania. There are calls for a thorough
Police investigation into this whole sorry saga.
See
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-02/no-evidence-of-foxes-in-tasmania2c-rep
ort-slams-taskforce/5425266
See also
http://tasmaniantimes.com/index.php?/weblog/article/researchers-suspect-fox-
evidence-fabrication-tasma/
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-11-25/push-for-police-probe-into-claims-of-f
ake-fox-evidence-in-tas/6973554
This disgraceful episode has irreparably damaged the credibility of the
environmental movement in Tasmania. There are many questions that need
answers before this one is put to bed. We should all feel cheated that more
than 45 million dollars has been wasted, probably at the expense of genuine
needs such as conservation and protection of Orange-bellied Parrot etc.
It is interesting to note that birding-aus probably got the first scoop on
this back in October 2002. At that time, it was interesting to observe that
Mr. Camby, the author of the report
http://bioacoustics.cse.unsw.edu.au/archives/html/birding-aus/2002-10/msg003
98.html
was howled down by some birding aus subscribers for suggesting that there
could be fraud at the heart of the Tasmanian Fox eradication program.
This saga places a cloud of shame over the entire Tasmanian environmental
movement. It is very sad to see.
Ian May
St Helens, Tasmania
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