Gouldians found in Kimberlys

[Finchman1]

Gouldians found in the Kimberleys

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[GregH]

Nice to hear some good news although to the uninitiated there are a few "exaggerations" Where else other than the Kimberly's are you going to find wild Gouldians these days? The news of a population near Kathrine last year was probably more important and of course they forgot that research has shown that

A large pet trade that was banned in the mid-1980s is also thought to have had a significant impact, WWF-Australia said.

is a spurious assumption. Never mind; aviculture is not about pets or bird-keeping per se, it is the sustainable production of captive bird populations.

[arthur]

aviculture . . . . . . is the sustainable production of captive bird populations.

Yes . . and the sooner the authorities(?) remember that aviary birds have nothing to do with wild populations, when framing their laws applying to aviculture, the better off aviculturists will be

[GregH]

Oh Dear now this new Gouldian population is a threat to Australia's national development. Have a read of The West Australian. These birds are as bad as the Black Throats stopping coal mines in Queensland. We'd be better off without them - is that the finches or those that would take their last refuges you decide (there are diverse views here at AFF)?

[finchbreeder]

Hmm does the world need to preserve endangered finches. Or a variety of hairless apes that is in plague proportions? Even as one of those apes I see a need for caution and compramise here.
LML

[arthur]

Very complex issue

And each lobby group presents its own narrow point of view only

As bird keepers we should be careful with whom we align . . (not that we carry much political clout anyway)

"The enemy of your enemy is not always your friend"

PS . . Loved the reference to the plague of hairless apes