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ACT Indian Myna Control Petition

Posted by MichaelMulvaney

 30 Jun 2023

Can you please sign the petition that has been created, on the ACT Legislative Assembly website, seeking action by the ACT Government and Environment, Planning and Sustainability Directorate to control mynas in the ACT.  It has been two years since the ACT Government declared Indian (Common) Mynas as a pest species, but since then the Directorate has just relied on backyard trappers to take action in controlling this pest, despite lobbying from the Canberra Indian Myna Action Group for wider action.  

We need a whole landscape effort, and that means also by ACT Government agencies doing their bit, especially on public land. Most of the thousands of Indian Myna records on Canberra Nature Map are from within Canberra Nature Park or urban open space.

 just click on the link below which will take you straight to the ACT Leg Assembly petition.

 

https://epetitions.parliament.act.gov.au/details/e-pet-017-23

11 comments

AaronClausen wrote:
   1 Jul 2023
Signed
Shell wrote:
   1 Jul 2023
Signed
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
   1 Jul 2023
thanks Shell and Aaron
dwise wrote:
   1 Jul 2023
Should control of other birds be considered? https://theconversation.com/should-we-cull-noisy-miners-after-decades-of-research-these-aggressive-honeyeaters-are-still-outsmarting-us-169524
JaneR wrote:
   1 Jul 2023
nicely done. Signed and forwarded.
No consistency with the 'bush capital' image
julielindner wrote:
   1 Jul 2023
How about a weed control petition they are a far greater problem than Indian mynas?
Cardy wrote:
   1 Jul 2023
Signed and shared
MichaelMulvaney wrote:
   1 Jul 2023
Julie - with friends of grassland CNM has been lobbying very hard re having adequate and appropriate weed control - I think we have had some success - also the responsiveness to new weed risks identified on CNM is currently very high. Dwise re other birds yes we should keep them in focus and CNM did run a campaign re the bulbul when we had our first sighting. Signing this petition does not preclude any other action or focus of feral control.
Paul57 wrote:
   1 Jul 2023
Signed it this morning. There are other pest species like Starlings and non-native Pigeons that should be taken out as well. Some introduced weed species like, common Blackberry and Saint John's Wort need to be eradicated as they are getting quite rampant in the paddocks and natural areas in the ACT.
AndyRoo wrote:
   3 Jul 2023
Signed.
MatthewFrawley wrote:
   4 Jul 2023
signed

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