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Old February 26, 2011   #5
Worth1
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As far as Australia goes they are very strict and for good reason.

Many years ago they introduced rabbits and foxes to the land and it has been a disaster.
It took something like 5 attempts to get the rabbet established and they did it with a Spanish rabbit. Now it is one of the worst ecologicle desasters in the history of the country.
Many plants have taken over that were brought there the fox is killing off the native critters.
The Cane toad you all know about.

Many people dont know this but Austraila for the most part is unusable for agriculture.
It has some of the oldest soil on the planet and it was wore out long before man showed up.
It is a long story and further reading is recommended on the subject.

I always cringe when I hear about someone wanting to get a plant started in a country that it is not native to.
Many weeds in the US were brought here from some place else.
when I was a kid you only saw China berry trees in a yard now where I live they are every where. In another 30 years or less it will get worse.
The governments have for good reason banned many seeds from coming into their countries.
It is too bad they have to put a blanket ban on all seeds but that is what they do.

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