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Shooting In National Parks - NSW 19-Feb-2013 At 11:33:24 AM lacto

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On 19/02/2013 Superstu wrote:
>Recreational hunting will have no effect on feral pest numbers. To remove
>a feral pest requires a strategic approach. Select a target species in
>a given area, eradicate that species from the designated area using a variety
>of techniques (shooting, baiting, trapping, whatever), then periodically
>followup to monitor and respond to subsequent migrations back into the
>area. Randomly popping off animals across the board will have no effect
>what-so-ever. Animals breed and spread out to replace the ones you popped
>off remarkably effectively
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This certainly not the case in the Flinders Ranges

>To give amateur hunters the credit of working for conservation is truly
>laughable. They are interested in trophy kills and having a good time.
>Foxes and wild dogs are not easy to track and shoot, so an amateur hunter
>will probably go out to shoot something else, whatever takes their fancy.
>Every park ranger has a story of having to clean up a mutilated wombat
>carcasse or kangaroo with arrow wounds. And there have been incidents of
>vehicles encountered in national parks carrying young sows or fawns under
>the taupaulin, ready to be released into the park. Do you seriously think
>amateur shooters are interested in conservation at all???? The shooters
>& fishers party demanded the dismantlement of the marine parks, a plan
>based on conservation science that would ironically result in more and
>bigger fish to catch.
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>Feral animals are currently dealt with using coordinated approaches involving
>baiting, trapping, professional shooters, and lots of monitoring to assess
>numbers and distribution so you can measure the effectiveness of the programs.
>There are volunteer programs to help with the monitoring if anybody is
>interested. No bloodsports sorry, but you'll learn how to recognise various
>animal prints, which is really cool.
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>If you believe that feral animals are currently controlled , I think you'd believe that grazing the alpine park would reduce fire risks . feral animals (including humans ) are hugely damaging to all land areas so how are you going to sterilize feral pigs ,goats , camels donkeys cats , Indian mynahs , etc There is no nice easy way to remove these pests , shooting provides one way and not all shooters are idiots , I have had a group of vets shooting ducks in season on my neighbours property and our vet carries a rifle with him on his rounds and uses it when necessary
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