What A Shame This Would Be

The cricket fans and cricketers of Port Fairy of late hopping mad Long billed corellas digging holes in the sports oval which leaves many feeling sad With the Moyne Shire Council Members the Moyne Shire cricket boards their political levers pull In their trying for to organize a long billed corella cull Long billed corellas were in what is now south west victoria thousands of years before cricket and cricketers from England arrived And many droughts and bad Seasons these white parrots have survived There may be large flocks of them but their overall range it is small And in fact as a species of birds they are not that plentiful at all That their restricted range makes them vulnerable as a species there can be little doubt One bad bird virus would wipe long billed corellas out The cricket fans and cricket players on the Moyne Shire councillors waiting on the okay For to authorize a corella cull and this could come at any day And if this happens what a terrible shame this would be Wildlife extinction has a strong link to human history.