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The best way to get a rare, endangered etc etc species plentiful is allow breeders to keep them.....what a shame the greenies, government departments never think snsible or logical!!!!
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NRE-808
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If bred in captivity though, would that make them any less tolerant to all the little buggies etc that goes with living in the big wild world...?
I wont detract from your statement though... the best way to increase populations would be letting breeders go a little silly
it'd be the smart thing to do
I wont detract from your statement though... the best way to increase populations would be letting breeders go a little silly
it'd be the smart thing to do
From what i understand the animals at the territory wildlife park are all males and even they cannot get a permit to get a female. So the only way they will become available to us mere mortals is if the park does does get permission to get a female then if they successfully breed them enough times to supply other parks and zoos etc. Then probably ten years on we might get hold of some, unless another state or territory has some sort of amnesty to declare illegally held animals and then the people that do hold these animals currently illegally will be able to come forward and we will have access to them. I dont know what the problem is besides some beauracratic bull*h*t holding everything up. They are more common than people know and are scattered around the country in various collections allready anyway and still fetching well over $20 K a pair from what i have heard. Its only a matter of time and we will get there eventually. (fingers crossed)
elapid68
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Well one must have had a sex change cause when I was there at the beginning of the year the one on display was one very large healthly looking female. The young male was not on display and off the top of my head I can't remember the sex of the third.
waruikazi
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From what i understand the animals at the territory wildlife park are all males and even they cannot get a permit to get a female...
Well they do have current collection permits. It'sjust tat they aren't collecting atm.
Well they do have current collection permits. It'sjust tat they aren't collecting atm.
Well that is good news then, that means that things are finally in motion even if there are some grey areas.
Good stuff
stencorp69
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Hi Samantha, I heard a little of this story from Dave @ Pilbara Pythons, but it would be good to get an account from the source -so post away
What a lot of people don't realise is that even if the Park has the permits to collect, they may not have permission from the Aboriginal Landowners who own the land where the Oenpelli's are found. You can't even go there without their permission.
As I understand it, Graeme Gow was the ONLY person with permission from the Aboriginals to collect Oenpelli's (and anything else he wanted). And since his death last year, that makes it a little difficult to get hold of them.
Hix
As I understand it, Graeme Gow was the ONLY person with permission from the Aboriginals to collect Oenpelli's (and anything else he wanted). And since his death last year, that makes it a little difficult to get hold of them.
Hix
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