tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735531470558427305.post346422566530566046..comments2023-09-26T18:59:00.963+10:00Comments on Brisbane Adventures: Kangaroo Island: Fur-seals and Sea-lionsfnkykntrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11388578295643116030noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735531470558427305.post-90441129860540325172013-01-21T14:38:34.132+11:002013-01-21T14:38:34.132+11:00Thanks Hazel. I reckon I would have a good hard l...Thanks Hazel. I reckon I would have a good hard look/listen for the impact of the noise from the ferries as a contributing factor to the penguins moving on. I have only been to KI once but my suspicion is that there is a heap of good penguin breeding habitat around the island and much of it will never have been investigated. Flabmeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934077052437339591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735531470558427305.post-1898354182974589022013-01-21T12:58:09.094+11:002013-01-21T12:58:09.094+11:00Hi Martin, I mean it is of conservation concern as...Hi Martin, I mean it is of conservation concern as Little (Fairy) Penguins are likely to become locally extinct, and in the context of both the KI tourist industry and declining populations throughout their range I think that is a concern (although the species is not endangered). However, its true, maybe there was never a large penguin population on KI before Europeans came along. The seal trade probably led to a boom in Fairy Penguin numbers, but now conservation of both seals and penguins is resulting in penguin numbers plummeting towards local extinction. Other factors probably also come into it (e.g. the Penneshaw colony is adjacent to the ferry terminal!). fnkykntrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11388578295643116030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3735531470558427305.post-65716845395081890382013-01-20T15:05:44.189+11:002013-01-20T15:05:44.189+11:00Surely, as long as this is due to competition betw...Surely, as long as this is due to competition between naturally occurring species, this is simply "Nature, red in tooth and claw" rather than a matter of conservation concern. If, however it is something to do with dodgy practices by humanity - and I can't suggest what they might be in the vicinity of Penneshaw, aorta (quoting Prof. Afferbeck Lauder)do something!<br /><br />MartinFlabmeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934077052437339591noreply@blogger.com