Adam ONeill 11 hrs · Edited · The first thing that comes to mind after reading this article is one of my favorite Tim Lowe quotes if theres one thing that weve learnt from history, its that we dont learn from history In this case our budding ecologist authors are not guilty of repeating history, because sadly, they dont know the history. This is simply a case of making the same mistake again. They emphasize a historical quoll plague, but fail to recognize it occurred as a result of dingo persecution. A classic example of meso-predator release and a vitally important observation to bring true perspective into wildlife conservation. They have now reclassified quolls as apex predators and assert that they are somehow qualified to perform in that role. The authors suggest that their new wildlife conservation approach can be compared to noble and courageous conservation initiates elsewhere. where large predators have been liberated and wildlife conservation is actually working. This presumptuous and self inflammatory suggestion is eons from the truth, and so long as we substitute our noble wolf with 1080 baiting campaigns we will remain nothing more than sniveling cowards in the eyes of the world. Adam ONeill
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 21:02:09 +0000
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