Have you ever witnessed or been involved in illegal trapping activities, and if so, what steps should be taken to address this issue and protect our finch populations?
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Illegal Trapping.
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Mathnup
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elferoz777
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Big question to ask and expect open responses.
I'd say most red brows, double bars and plumbheads are trapped before sales.
I'd say most red brows, double bars and plumbheads are trapped before sales.
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Craig52
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The question is coming from a member from France.
So I'm not sure why it would be asked.
All I can say is legal trapping of finches was stopped during the early 80s and is illegal to take any native birds from the wild. If scrupulous people are doing it now they will be caught down the track and dealt with by the Australian authorities.
So I'm not sure why it would be asked.
All I can say is legal trapping of finches was stopped during the early 80s and is illegal to take any native birds from the wild. If scrupulous people are doing it now they will be caught down the track and dealt with by the Australian authorities.
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Legal trapping ended in the late 80s.
Before then the aviary populations of chestnuts, double bars, pictorellas, masks, longtails and crimsons were heavily boosted by the annual influx of very large numbers of birds into dealerships, legally obtained from WA trapping.
I'm very pleased that this trapping has ended.
There isn't supposed to be any trapping of native finches now. I have no personal awareness of any ongoing trapping but I have always felt deeply suspicious of the ready ongoing availability of cheap redbrows, in particular, when the largely unspoken reality is that these birds are not usually consistent breeders in captivity.
Anyone who traps native finches is a scumbag. We've had more than long enough to establish these birds in captivity, no more should be taken from the wild. It's unethical and indefensible.
Before then the aviary populations of chestnuts, double bars, pictorellas, masks, longtails and crimsons were heavily boosted by the annual influx of very large numbers of birds into dealerships, legally obtained from WA trapping.
I'm very pleased that this trapping has ended.
There isn't supposed to be any trapping of native finches now. I have no personal awareness of any ongoing trapping but I have always felt deeply suspicious of the ready ongoing availability of cheap redbrows, in particular, when the largely unspoken reality is that these birds are not usually consistent breeders in captivity.
Anyone who traps native finches is a scumbag. We've had more than long enough to establish these birds in captivity, no more should be taken from the wild. It's unethical and indefensible.