Just When Did Importation of Exotics Cease?

[Buzzard-1]

The National Exotic Bird Registration Scheme (NEBRS) was established in 1996 and was discontinued in 2002.It is now up to the breeder to try to prove that the birds they have have came from a legal source.

[bleeding green]

But could just have bought them from a bird sale? We all know what a frantic pace some of these can be. When I've bought birds from the larger sales I've asked a lot of questions about the birds to see if I thought the answers were genuine. Only half of it gets stored in my memory bank. And there are that many people trying to get past you it's not so easy to be exchanging details.
Although, if I was buying birds which are much more rare then I'd probably be a bit more pedantic.

[arthur]

I know some blue caps get illegally imported occasionally, I saw a report once...

Jay . . . . you dont "know" . .

And publishing statements such as those made by you and Deb, could easily bring the 'bird-game' into disrepute

[garymc]

Based upon Deb's theory does that mean that sparrows and starlings and indian mynahs have also had an influx of new blood.


Me thinks that some bird species evolve quite quickly to there surroundings than others. So some species bred over generations for example in QLD have different inherant traits than those say bred in WA or Victoria or Tasmania or even different areas of QLD - as long as they are exposed to differing elements. Therefore breeding these "isolated" populations back together does have a positive affect on the bloodlines. Look at how many sparrows for example were originally imported. This I believe does not hold true for all bird species though.

Interested to here other views on this one

[jusdeb]

Well pardon me for asking why there's so many new types of birds here since they've been banned from importing since 1948 , for crying out loud it was just a freaking question .
AND dont put me on the whole " bringing birdkeeping into disrepute " I do my bloody best to do the right thing by my birds so take that little guilt trip and put it on some of the mongrels that do do the wrong thing .
Honestly dont need that kind of verbal garbage laid on me thank you arthur

Garymc it wasnt a bloody theory it was a question .

[Buzzard-1]

[jusdeb]

@ buzz ...cracked me up mate ...you can come out now am over it .

[grumpz]

well,well ,well, hears my ten cents worth,Jaybird way out of ya depth mate, back up statements like that with the proof. Deb seeing that your over it,i think the question was answered.

[jusdeb]

Well obviously it wasnt grumpz so instead of jumping on the band wagon and having a go at me why don't you try to answer the simple question which is "if importing has not been allowed since 1948 then how do we come about to having such a diverse range of exotic birds "?

[garymc]

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"Yeah good question B/G 1948 is a long time ago , theres got to be new blood coming from somewhere "


Quote Deb - no mention of new species in your original question - just new bloodlines - thats a totally totally different question. New bloodlines are same species just a different genetic base.

I have answered as to why I believe that some of the of finches which have'nt been imported for 50+ years could have survived and thrived without the addition of new bloodlines.