Efforts continue to rescue cockatoo ‘living on brioche’

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Story is from here.

I'm a fan of how wildlife interacts with humans. A few weeks ago I woke up and went outside to put my boots on but they were gone. I remember about 10 years ago the same thing happened. I found each boot in different directions about 30 to 40 metres from the house. This time I found the boots about 5 metres apart and 20 or 30 metres from the house. I suspect Tasmanian devils, they are probably attracted to the leather but soon lose interest in eating a pair of old boots.

[Tas_mania]

That cockatoo was captured yesterday by local authorities and released into the 'wild'

Thing is, the 'wild' contains more supermarkets

[Ofnuts]

I'm surprised you still have wild devils? I thought they were almost going extinct in the wild due to some weird facial cancer?

[Tas_mania]

Quote:I'm surprised you still have wild devils? I thought they were almost going extinct in the wild due to some weird facial cancer?

Yes we still have devils. Because it was a rare 'transmissible cancer' it got global scientific attention. As a result there were good strategies to save the species. I saw a guy in the supermarket car park with animal traps in the back of his pick-up (we call them utes). He told me the government pays him to trap feral cats and he releases a lot of devils and quolls.

I see wedged-tailed eagles and other raptors. I hear owls a lot but never see them. I think they indicate the ecosystem is healthy.