Wild Beach Cassowary, Queensland |
There are probably fewer than 1500 Cassowaries left in Australia and as many as a dozen are killed every year on roads and highways. Animals like these, which have grown dangerously casual around people are particularly at risk since they have lost the natural fear of humans that can serve to protect them.
I don't know exactly what happened yet, but the idea of one of these great birds that I came to know so well has been killed because of human interaction has been wrenching. Statistics are abstract; this was personal.
Oh, that is so sad..
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ReplyDeleteis the most destructive. Everything that we do damages the planet and its inhabitants in one way or other.
Sadly, I agree. When animals and humans come in contact, the animals almost always lose. That's why protecting adequate habitat is so vital.
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