Hi Craig,Craig52 wrote:...... i can't understand why there are groups out there now saving foriegn finches from lose in Australia when many our own birds need help and specialising in,surely they can tell with these survey numbers going on which Australian birds are in trouble and need to be bred up to save them.
Craig
Although I do privately agree with the sentiment of putting Australian species first, I think it's best to encourage all conservation efforts regardless. I say this because there really aren't that many birdkeepers around and I don't like the idea of aviculture being divided up into factions. For example:
Mutations vs Wild type
Big show budgerigars vs Small show budgerigars
Native Species vs Foreign Species
While most (including myself) will hold some of these to be more important, I think we can agree there are people who feel each one of these is important to them. We just need to respect our differences.
I have seen what having birdkeepers turn on other birdkeepers leads to. When the miniature show budgerigar group attacked the big show budgerigar breeders in the Daily Telegraph it made all birdkeepers look bad. It really was bad for everyone.
Regards