Dreamworld Mahogany Glider Article

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jay

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Article in yesterdays Courier Mail "Breeding Curbs may deliver fatal blow to rare species" (cannot find it on the web.)
Leaf is a six month old female, "unlikely to ever be mated in a world first breeding program amid a bitter legal wrangle in Queensland that has led to interstate zoos refusing to swap or trade animals for fresh genetic lines" (quoted directly from article).
Quoted were Al Mucci from Dreamworld and Terry Carmichael of Wildlife Habitat.
The impression that I get from the article is that Peter Beatties legislation to stop koalas being imported to overseas zoos has also caused problems for moving native animals to other states. It is not particularly clear about it.
Does anyone know anything more about this?
 
Typical of well-meaning but muddled and overly restrictive legislation!

I'd love to fix the problem by abolishing all State Governments; just have the Federal Govt. and local govt. bodies, and I'd make them (local councils) stick to their core issues like roads, rates and rubbish removal, too!
 
Ara said:
Typical of well-meaning but muddled and overly restrictive legislation!

I'd love to fix the problem by abolishing all State Governments; just have the Federal Govt. and local govt. bodies, and I'd make them (local councils) stick to their core issues like roads, rates and rubbish removal, too!
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I agree about Councils - they should be LOCAL and stick to local needs. Here in Queensland our local Councils have been amalgamated into REGIONAL Councils despite well over 90% of the state's population voting against amalgamation. The regional Council's are a disaster. In our area 8 local councils have become 1 regional Council. Costs have skyrocketed and it takes 7 people to do the job that 1 used to do.

But, if we centralised our government, might not we end up with the same result? What would happen if we got a dud national government controlling everything?

Although, I'll grant you, NZ does well with just a national government and no States or Territories. But, of course, you could fit their population into a 'phone box!
 
Steve do you know anything about the Mahogany Glider breeding program?
 
An incredible piece of bureaucracy. I just thought some countries were engrained in this. It seems both zoos are well meaning, but - admittedly for reasons we all know and hold ridiculous - cannot transfer animals in or out for the benifit of Mahogany Glider species conservation. :(
 
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