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Post by LittleBudgie2005 on Aug 31, 2008 19:14:56 GMT 7
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Post by Matt on Sept 1, 2008 7:21:13 GMT 7
Pretty disgusting isn't it? An endemic species found nowhere else in the world but the south west of WA and it is allowed to be shot in large numbers year round because it eats a few apples, shameful!
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Post by Amanda on Sept 1, 2008 7:30:05 GMT 7
Don't shoot them..... send them to me, I'll look after them all  I love them, they are so beautiful and you don't see to many of them available around here  |
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Post by kim on Sept 1, 2008 9:21:49 GMT 7
That's terrible. I love seeing the red caps in my yard
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Post by Mark on Sept 1, 2008 9:55:06 GMT 7
Ill take as many as i can get
Their a VERY missunderstood bird
And theis is no other bird in the world more colourfull and beautiful in my Mind / Books
And when their H/R they make perfict pets and aviary birds !!!!
I need 20 breeding pairs just to full the orders i have this season but people will just have to weight for their roder to be filled !!
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Post by Peter on Sept 1, 2008 10:23:14 GMT 7
We let them breed in our nest boxes in our trees at home. But dont think we have any this year. Had one pair raise and fledge four chicks 2 years ago. TAKE THAT AG DEPARTMENT!
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Post by Sam on Sept 1, 2008 13:33:46 GMT 7
why dont we shoot the department? |
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Post by Mark on Sept 1, 2008 20:46:42 GMT 7
Trap and export
NOT shoot !!!!!
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Post by Matt on Sept 2, 2008 8:58:26 GMT 7
Some people think that trapping and captivity is worse than death for this species as they rarely settle down in cages. I guess we will always have this problem of farmers vs native animals, its just a shame when the native is also endemic to such a small area. We could live to regret this decision in the future, just like the black cockatoos!
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Post by kim on Sept 2, 2008 11:51:14 GMT 7
well we could always trap & export the department
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Post by Silvercloud on Sept 2, 2008 18:34:51 GMT 7
This is ridiculous. Haven't they learned ANYTHING about the destruction of native species? My red cap is the best companion. Not too big on hands but he'll climb all over me and will spend hours sitting on my shoulder. He can also talk the leg off a chair hahaha. He can say over 20 different words/phrases and even some sentences and he's not quite 2 years old. I think the trick with having them as pets is to get them young and hand rear them. Breeding should ideally be done with aviary bred as opposed to wild caught birds but it's gotta start somewhere. Typical brainless government department  |
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Post by Mark on Sept 2, 2008 19:14:04 GMT 7
I strongly beleve in Trapping and export apposed to Shooting
About 50% may die but we save 50% from DEATH
I beleve once their more widely kept people will apreshate them more !!
Both my pairs are Aviary bred and Hand raised they are PERFICT not flighty the hens do not come up to me but on ther other hand i do not scare them eather (their not affraid of humans) the cocks come up to me hop on my hand give me kisses their great !!!
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Post by Amanda on Sept 3, 2008 5:45:59 GMT 7
Awww now I want one MORE!
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Post by tasha on Sept 5, 2008 4:50:00 GMT 7
Hmmmmm........wonder who was here first.....Mother Nature or PEOPLE!!!!! I understand farmers needing to keep their livelihood going BUT who moved into the birds territory in the first place?  ? This happens WAY too much. Nature is always being sacrified & pushed out for us so we can continue to be the "superior" beings. |
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