PROTECTION FOR PARROTS
Australia was once known as the land of parrots, but uncontrolled trapping and shooting have made such, inroads that only five of the forty-eight known species (excluding the cockatoos) are now seen with any frequency in Victoria. . , , Slowly Governments have extended protection, and now only two species may be taken without penalty—the red or common rosella and the crimson rosella or pink lory They were left out because they steal fruit but the orchardists themselves. without prompting from the naturalists have urged the Chief Secretary (Mr Bailey) to take them under his wing. They would sooner lose a little fruit they say. than witness the extinction of these birds of brilliant plumage whose massed flights in the sunlight provide one of the most colourful sights of the inland. Should depredations become too severe the growers will be safeguarded by a general provision which permits the Issue of short-period licences for the destruction of any bird or mammal which is causing damage.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23896, 25 August 1939, Page 3
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164PROTECTION FOR PARROTS Otago Daily Times, Issue 23896, 25 August 1939, Page 3
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