The Australian government sent a sniper team by helicopter to shoot more than 700 Coal of National Budget Park -mWestern Victoria. 20% of the park burned in a large forest fire in March for the month. Perhaps there are many wounded and hungry animals to lose their habitat. Therefore, it was decided to sacrifice them for the purposes of eutassia.
Thus, he explained that this may seem sad, but necessary. Nevertheless, Australian wildlife groups demonstrated the concern that spread to scientists around the world. Many do not see an acquitted solution fireSince you can hardly do what they promise. How to find out what animals are injured and therefore require euthanasia? How will they make sure that they die of a shot and are not even injured? What will happen if women had young in a bag? All this cannot be seen from A helicopter in motion.
Groups of ecologists recalled that if the situation became so alarming for the Coal, it was also because No appropriate measures were taken before. Fire in fire is one of those who are known as Islands of the environmentThe field, that is, a very densely populated area, with large concentrations of animals of the same species competing with each other for resources. If you have become one of those islands, then this is because it is Surrounded by decorative areas In which they have nowhere to eat. They concentrated where they were able to survive from the poor management, and perhaps other bad control leads them to death.
Habitats of habitat before plunder are difficult to justify
The island of the Khabitat of the National Park Buddh Bim is surrounded by commercial plantations Eucalyptus GlobulusA kind of eucalyptus, known as Blue Rezin. Often, the koala also spread through these crops in order to graze, so the population was not so concentrated in this area. The problem is that when these plantations obey in order to get wood for construction, the coals are left again without food and must return to the park, creating new habitats.
Victoria authorities tried to reduce the overflow of the Coal to Translations and sterilizationBut this was not enough. Therefore, when a fire occurs in March last year, the consequences for these animals can be very serious. This is an argument with which the Australian government wanted to justify the measures of snipers. But is it necessary?
To begin with, the method is not the best for the Coal
Before deciding whether this measure can be justified, it is important to remember the method that was used for the victim of the Coal. Helicopter snipers on board. This does not seem too ethical, but again the government gives an excuse. They note that The terrain is rocky And this is very damaged by fire, so it is very difficult to access it.
The problem is that from the air, as we have already mentioned at the beginning, it is not easy to find out That Koalas has the right. Presumably, euthanasia is justified when the animals lost their fingers, they burned more than 15 % of their body or have pneumonia or blindness from fire. Perhaps burns and fingers can be observed from the air, although, of course, not perfectly. Knowing whether a copy is blind or with respiratory problems is much more complicated, if not impossible.
What can be done then?
This is a delicate problem. It is easy to say that sending snipers for shooting in coals seems to be a bad idea. But then what could be a solution? In search of an answer, in Hypertual We contacted Miguel ClaveroCSIC researcher at the Donyan biological station.
He explained that from the very beginning this news reached us, because the coals are animals with great glory. We do not know the more or less disgusting measures that will be carried out with other species. Although the truth is that the specific use of helicopter snipers would not be feasible with many other species. Clavero notes that coals are animals Arboricolas And this makes it viable find them in a burned forestA field but it also wonders what they will do with other species in the area, for example, as Vallabi or bindingThe field if the earth is too inaccessible, these animals will be left for their fate. Why not Koalas?
Nevertheless, this is exactly what the best option would be the best option. Let nature adapt. “Fire is a repeated violation of these systems, and the fauna or flora manages to coexist with it,” the expert recalls. “It is more than likely that the population of the Coal will collapse, because after the fire there will be a lot of mortality, but the numbers will recover from the survivors and immigrants.” In addition, the researcher of Donyan claims that she can even be positive for the surviving Coal, which will meet Less competitors Inside his own appearance.
So do not justify the pictures? “It seems good to use euthanasia, even a shot at the shot, to animals that are painful,” he admits. “But this is the murder of hundreds of Coal from great distances is nonsense.” It is better for him to let the fauna react as possible to break. In fact, this makes a comparison by which the situation is understood very well.
“When there is a gigantic flood in the river, we do not ask ourselves what we must have with fish and crabs that were dragged downstream. Well, in general, the same thing with the fauna of burned areas. ”
Miguel Clavero, researcher in Donyan
There are no perfect solutions
We might have thought that the ideal is to take all these koalas in shelters, but the truth is that there are a lot of them, and, according to Klavero, this would not be very viable. He also does not believe that the option proposed by some groups to use helicopters to launch their food. Finally, with this measure, the result will be similar. It is a pity that there is no perfect option in which the animal does not die. But it is even more sad that such radical measures should be taken for a situation that could be prevented to some extent. If we need to stay with some of these news, then this is with this reflection.
Source: Hiper Textual
