Selling Birds for a Living
Joanna Siherheti; 6/5/08
There is nothing like walking through Honiara to come across a young man standing around the busy street with an owl. It turned out that the young man, who caused public stir on Friday with his rare catch of an owl, was actually waiting for a potential buyer. In an interview with the young man from north Malaita, Mickey Gwalu spoke of his interest in keeping birds and selling them to expatriates.
http://solomontimes.com/news.aspx?nwID=1690
Selling Dolphins and Owls
Harry Kwow, Australia; http://solomontimes.com/letter.aspx?show=293
Good one Garvin, Sell all your logs, sell all your fish, sell your dolphins, sell your owls - sell everything!!! Forget tourists coming to the Solomons - there won’t be anything left to see.
Dolphins, now owls?
Garvin Livake,Honiara; http://solomontimes.com/letter.aspx?show=292
I have been following the dolphin issue and I noticed that the main advocate against the export of dolphin is now calling on the release of owls based largely on an article in Solomon Times. If Mark Berman is truly concerned about the owls and the dolphins of the Solomon Islands then he should help educate Solomon Islanders on what he is so passionate about. Quite frankly I am sick and tired of people who sit from afar, in the comfort of their homes, and criticize another. After many years of raping mother earth and reaping huge profits, the countries that you have named (Aus, NZ, the EU, US) now have enough money to have a conscience. That is a luxury we (developing countries) cannot, as yet, afford.
Selling Wild life
Judas Gelu,Honiara; http://solomontimes.com/letter.aspx?show=296
Harry is doing the usual greeners compaign for animal protection. It is a worthwhile effort. I suppose though that he should do better by proposing practical alternative to the struggling people who want to make end meet by selling their resources-owl and dolphin. A practical alternative would be for Harry to give money or an incentive for people not to sell. Can Harry do this?