THREE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR OF THE CANBERRA TIMES ON MYNAS, WITH MY COMMENTS
260919 INDIAN MYNAS LETTERS FROM FRANKIE BILL HANDKE OAM AND CAROLYNE DREW TO THE CT https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9349918/pauline-hanson-veteran-andrew-hastie-hit-with-cowardice-claims/ Why culling Indian mynas in the ACT might be making the problem worse By Letters to the Editor September 15 2026 - 5:30am https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/9349918/pauline-hanson-veteran-andrew-hastie-hit-with-cowardice-claims/ (For Frankie Seymour’s and Bill Handke OAM’s.) Dead bird walking: An Indian myna trapped by the Canberra Indian Myna Bird Action group. Picture by Kate Leith The recent spate of hate letters attacking Indian mynas would be less ridiculous if these were slow-breeding animals. With slow breeders there is actually some chance of reducing the population. The biological inevitability of killing fast-breeding animals is that, for every individual killed, another that would otherwise not have survived infancy, takes its place. Being younger, the replacement will be m...