National Threatened Species Day was 7/9, the same day as the election. This article details how funding for recovery work is in a mess. Let’s see what Mr Hunt’s Threatened Species Commissioner does. And during this government, will the OBP be the first extinction in the wild since 2009? http://www.theage.com.au/environment/animals/migrating-parrot-a-torchbearer- for-all-species-under-threat-20130906-2taib.html =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================
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Debbie, at the risk of making this political, if the OBP becomes extinct in the wild in the next 3 years (and let’s all hope not), surely you won’t be blaming the Abbott Government? OBP’s have been critically endangered for at least two decades (since last century or even last millenia…) and the ALP were in government both Federally and in all states where OBP’s are found (Vic, Tas, SA and NSW) all at the same time, and OBP numbers did not increase dramatically during that time…………… To paraphrase a former PM, maybe OBP’s are “the extinction we had to have”……… As I said earlier, let’s all hope not, OBP’s are great little parrots 🙂 *Yours in all things* “*GREEN”* ** *John Harris* *Croydon, Vic* * Director – Wildlife Experiences Pty Ltd Principal Ecologist/Zoologist* *Nature Photographer* *Wildlife Guide* *wildlifeexperiences@gmail.com* *0409090955* ** *President, Field Naturalists Club of Victoria* *(www.fncv.org.au)* On 8 September 2013 18:08, Debbie Lustig <debbielustig123@hotmail.com>wrote: =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) http://birding-aus.org ===============================