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Are cockatoos protected

Updated: 10/8/2023
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9y ago

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they are but not very successfully. eradication of the wild pig feral dog populations must occur to save the cassowary

The Australian Rainforest Foundation is actively working to protect the endangered Southern Cassowary. Their plan, called "Operation Big Bird", involves developing a 250km wildlife corridor through specific rainforest habitat in far north Queensland.

Some residents of North Queensland are also engaged in programmes to develop nurseries of cassowary food plants to help crestored cleared rainforests of the region. Cassowary habitat has been reduced to just a quarter of its original size, largely due to the effects of man, and wild pigs.

Conservation groups, together with government bodies, also aim to increase driver awareness through more road signage as, according to the Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage, roadkill is considered the main cause of cassowary deaths.

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