Originally from: brentns
                        

Subject: Re: [farmtalking] Bustard makes official comeback
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 09:48:38 +0000

Wonder what they're going to do about this?

Foxes are the greatest threat to their survival, but the normal
survival rate in the wild is 25%
David Walters
Great bustard group

Badgers would be an issue as well.. I would think..

In any event , one can anticipate a whole new set of regulations to protect "bustard habitat".. the brunt of which will fall on rural landowners as the Bustard expands it's range..
Of course, the regulations won't include RSPB members.. tearing down their urban homes, to provide habitat.. :))

Great Bustard gives oil bosses the bird
A Russian oil company has been ordered to stop one of its drilling rigs in order to protect a rare species of bird. In an unprecedented move against one of the country's most powerful companies the state committee on the environment has ruled that Lukoil is harming the local population of Great Bustards. However, Lukoil has protested against the move, and has accused its business rivals of being behind the ban. BBC Moscow correspondent Andrew Harding reports
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/despatches/84794.stm

cheers
brent