Conservation the good,the bad and the ugly

[Tongue Flicker]

I must say, conservation in my 2 adoptive countries; namely Bahrain & The Philippines has been good so far. There are no native amphibians or tortoises in Bahrain and the arrival of european marsh frogs and hermann's tortoise had a very devastating effect on the native beetle, slug and cactus species. After 4 decades, the tortoises became virtually extinct for some reason and the marsh frogs are now actually a protected species due to drying ponds and marshes. (There are no natural bodies of freshwater in Bahrain).

The Philippines has a great wildlife conservation law but implementation sucks. The pangolins, white tree squirrels, leaf turtles, philippine porcupines, sea turtles, sailfin lizards, flying lemurs and native tarantula species are still being smuggled out of the coutry in great numbers. Sad.

Closing the mountains, waterfalls, streams and some nature reserves to the public has proved to be effective in increasing threatened animal numbers back in the wild

 

[Nada]

Cleaned up and unlocked for further (on topic) discussion. Sorry @Martin Oosthuysen

 

[Martin Oosthuysen]

I hope this gets fired up again,I feel there are multiple views. Also,multiple views aren't negative but productive since ideas may differ but cause debate ideas and progress.

 

[hellknite]

Breeding and propagation of species may be allowed, but the reintroduction of it to nature may only be done to the area where it may be indigenous to lessen the impact to other species or complicate the diversity of the area.

The breeding and introduction of non-native species lessens the collection and interests of locals on its native species. However, the foreign demand may be still be increasing on the native species. It's just like a round up exchange.