> The pigeon has not yet been caught, but the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment says it will have to be put down because of the _danger of infection to local birds_.
The problem (in this case) isn't the bird breeding, it's infections that it might carry. I can imagine it's possible there's a tonne of diseases it might carry that could be passed to the local native & agricultural bird populations that they have no exposure to.
Australia's relative isolation means that there's many diseases that local animal populations have no immunity to.
The problem (in this case) isn't the bird breeding, it's infections that it might carry. I can imagine it's possible there's a tonne of diseases it might carry that could be passed to the local native & agricultural bird populations that they have no exposure to.
Australia's relative isolation means that there's many diseases that local animal populations have no immunity to.