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Gouldians found in the Kimberleys

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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.

GregH wrote: 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

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)?

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

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