Re: [HSS] NZ car Rally, Karate Experts Hired to Control Parrots

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Just goes to show what silly headlines portray!!! Yes, the Keas are

destructive critters - they will shred the windscreen rubber inserts, wiper

blades, soft tops, etc. and pry off loose hub caps. But the mind boggles to

think - Kea lands on vintage car - Oriental gent descends -

"Hyyyyyyaaaagh! - CHOP! Clowd of feathers, off goes the Keas head! What

actually happened, the Karate club were at the same venue, camping nearby,

and offered to keep an eye on the cars while official functions were taking

place.

Geoff.

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Subject: [HSS] NZ car Rally, Karate Experts Hired to Control Parrots





> Geoff were you at this rally? Pesky marauding parrots?

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> Karate Experts Hired to Control Parrots

> From Associated Press

> February 02, 2006 10:17 PM EST

> WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Organizers of a vintage car rally have

> hired karate experts to protect vehicles from marauding native

> parrots, a media report said Friday.

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> Around 40 members of a local karate club have been enlisted to

> protect around 140 classic cars due to visit an alpine village near

> Mt. Cook on New Zealand's South Island on Sunday, the New Zealand

> Press Association reported.

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> The karate experts will protect the cars from Keas, sharp-beaked

> native parrots which have been known to damage vehicles in their

> search for shiny items, NZPA said.

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> Denis Callesen, manager of the nearby Hermitage Hotel, said bird

> lovers needn't be concerned that the karate experts would use martial

> arts moves on the parrots, which are a protected species. Their job

> would simply be to scare the birds away, he said.

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> Local wildlife ranger Ray Bellringer said the karate masters were

> unlikely to deter the Keas.

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> "They will fly around and laugh," he said.

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> The best method to prevent Keas from damaging vehicles was to squirt

> them with water pistols, he added.

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