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Mortisha
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too imprinted on humans etc. They said they euthanase.
Yeah I think this policy needs a serious revision.
Especially with common species like silvereyes for gawd sake. Farmers are given permits to shoot them.
Yet a couple of tame ones a year are deemed a problem. Weird logic.
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jusdeb
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Dubbo WIRES faced with humanised birds offer the bird back to the " giver upper of the bird " first . Good policy me thinks .
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Deb, this would be their "unofficial" policy.
Legally, they cannot do this unless it is an exotic species.
Ideally, the authorities would judge each case on its merits eg suitability of individual/species for life in captivity, suitability of applicant etc.
There is no way they will ever allow wild adult birds to be kept by individuals just because their injuries would preclude release into the wild.
To many this is philosophically unacceptable. They would consider death the lesser of 2 evils rather than a "tortured" life in captivity, no matter how good the facilities !!
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arthur
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"Better DEAD . . than AVIARY-BRED"

I think is the phraseology

AND . .

We should be on the same side :silent:
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Mortisha
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Ideally, the authorities would judge each case on its merits eg suitability of individual/species for life in captivity, suitability of applicant etc.
That would be the ideal but I suspect the blanket rule “release or kill” is more about expediency.
It is too hard for WIRES to scrutinize every potential owner with the same consistency across the districts, so better to say no and just knock the animal off.

With bird keeper licenses that effectively grade people on if they have the experience and skills to keep the more demanding species, I think that the WIRES system could easily dovetail in with that.

With seriously threatened biodiversity in Australia, I think the rarer species with minor but not releasable glitches should be kept alive as a kind of gene bank we might really need in the future.

WIRES has its own very dysfunctional management problems anyhow. Volunteers have left in droves. A lot of people don’t trust them anymore.
The general thought is – don’t give it to WIRES they will kill it. That leaves the animals nowhere.
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No matter what the rules are Im glad Dubbo wires actually puts the birds interest first . Maybe this should be kept a secret if they are breaking rules .
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Sounds like WIRES is a branch of PETA. Perhaps the authorities should pay less attention to Peter Singer or Ingrid Newkirk and more to the constituency that supports them. I for one don't subscribe to animal liberation philosophies and I doubt the majority of people do.
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Unfortunately I called the shelter and the poor guy didn't survive until a carer came to collect him :/

Well.. that's what they tell me. A bit disorganised if you ask me, as I asked to be notified of what happens and I called on the Monday to give the address of where it was found and nothing was said >:(

I think from now on, ill find a wildlife carer elsewhere..
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This does not surprise me at all. My experience with the local carers is the same. By the time they dither around and find someone to come and collect the bird, whatever chance it had is long gone and it has deteriorated even more mainly from hunger, cold or stress. A sick, weak or injured bird needs attention NOW, as soon as you get it, not "when we can get in touch with the bird lady or when she gets back from picking the kids up from soccer in a couple of hours" Even Currumbin Sanctuary let a young, hungry Rose crowned Fruit Dove die because "Debbie will be in first thing tomorrow morning" NOOOOOO It needs to be crop fed NOW you dill. Facepalm :roll: That's why I do it myself now and get better results. :thumbup:
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As far as I am concerned the so called wildlife refuges such as WIRES are as useful as!!!!!! when it comes to avian species.
All they seem to want are the small cuddlies,Baby Koalas,Possums,Joeys and Wombats. I have no respect for them when it comes to birds in need.
You can bank on it that if it doesn't die from its injuries,it will be put down in the majority of cases.
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