You need a big broom to say it puts a cloud over the entire Tasmanian
environmental movement.
Regards, Laurie.
On 10 Dec 2015, at 8:46 pm, Ian May <> wrote:
> <>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-report-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-fake-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/msg00398.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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