museeumchick Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Malcom its soooo good to see you are thinking this through and doing some research, please do chat to phil about releasing them the snails I had in mind were all sorts - landsnails included, and i was more thinking of things being passed around than disruptions in the food chain. and even if your frogs are disease free, could they pick something up and move it around after their release? less mobile animals that wouldnt normally come into contact with certain pathogens could be at risk? I'm all for dedicated individuals working towards conservation but you have to be so careful, happy thinkings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcolm Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 thanx for the input, i wont go rushing into anything, just wanted to have a discussion really. good to hear frogs are returning in some areas of our country. im still finding whistlers easy enough too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malcolm Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 just had a look at the butterfly site monarch.org.nz and there all about breeding heaps and releasing them. i know of a monarch lady in dunedin who would keep captive butterflies, at least over winter and release in summer. she and others also increase the survival rate of caterpillars to increase the butterfly population. but thats a different situation to releasing a previously introduced predatory frog. it would be nice to all get the chance to breed nz natives though, some on this forum would surely have the ability? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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