Look what i found...

[cris]

umm.... what?

I was just suggesting we have as much "right" to kill things as the gecko does, probably more so as we do not protect the "right" of AHG's to kill native fauna in this country. Im not suggesting you kill it for no reason, but they are just so juicy.

 

[Snake Catcher Victoria]

There is contention that AHG are actually native (well as native as GTP'S and tree kangaroos) they may have crossed the land bridge that conected Papua and Australia many millennia ago. the fact they seem to have suddenly appeared in areas they were not noted before can be attributed to human development, hitching a ride on a truck is a faster way to cover a lot of ground, and set up an independant satellite colony in a new environment......

I am afraid that the Asian house gecko can't be placed in the category
of "self-introduced". Their success here is related to human-assisted
arrival, particularly by ships into northern Australia. Populations have
been shown to radiate from ports.

Further, this species is no longer confined to urban dwellings, it has
spread into bushland (i.e. around Darwin etc) and has the potential to
displace/outcompete native gecko species. A similar situation is
occurring here in Brisbane.

There are also now cases where the Asian house gecko has been recorded
feeding on native skink species.

Best regards, Pete Kyne
Brisbane, Queensland

Another point of view

 

[gem_vegemitegirl1]

ah right, i get you...

 

[tittezzz]

its a pest b gone with it

 

[Moreliaman]

Perhpas they should pay someone to catch them & then export them out into the pet trade....lol