30 macaws imported at total cost per bird about 30,000 per bird
available already on nz market at 10,000 each
sums don't work
people in nz prepared and wanting to pay that dosh, scenario gets worse
controlled importation = all birds screened for diseases etc also not worth smuggling
no importation = smuggling = no birds screened
while we have the human race there will always be those who break the rules
AFAIK technically Lories and lorikeets are parrots which make up the subfamily Loriinae.
they have a specialised 'brush tongue" to feed on the nectar and pollen of flowers
cats, dogs an unregulated introduced animal
probably been put in the too hard to handle basket or upset too many owners, ie: public backlash
party that introduced that may end up on the bottom rung of the political ladder
would be interesting to know the figures on total income from introduced fish angling and the total spent on fishkeeping in nz
you may find the hobby wins out ?
inbreeding occurs in the wild especially in small areas or populations
african cichlids are thought to be a good example of this
males have territorial disputes and the strongest usually wins, this male is
usually displaced by one of his offspring, natural inbreeding
nature takes care of the weak and deformed by them being eaten or not surviving to breed
usually the product of too much inbreeding is deformities showing up in the line or a reduction in fertility
inbreeding is where all the types of dogs and goldfish we have came from
all the money is tied up in bearacracy and legislation and none to save the flora and fauna they are supposed to protect
give them another 10 years and they will have run out of things to protect
we pen our two next to each other when she is on heat
leave a gap between pens to avoid mishaps
or put male on a lead attached to wire fixed to ground so he has run of backyard
ensure chain is not too long to leap fence and hang himself
then carry on with the training
talk to neighbour of fence to put up electric wires, 2 wires 1 below top and 1 halfway up
being the dog he is he will probably be leaping up fence then scaling over the top
battery fence units on the auction site