Perth black cockatoo rehabilitation centres and Perth Zoo are dealing with an influx of starving and emaciated specimens of the endangered species.
[Professor Kingsley Dixon] said what Perth was now witnessing with the drying climate was “a catastrophic failure of the banskias to be setting seed, leading to the mass starvation of the bird.”
Dixon said 2 million banksias must be planted as soon as possible and meanwhile the government should set up an urgent multidisciplinary taskforce.
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Gawd this is depressing.
The good thing is, these birds have a large cross section of the community who love them, so hopefully barriers to action for planting 2 million more banksias will be minimal.
Sounds like a joint venture for Perth Zoo, Trillion trees, and Kaarakin.
Question is, who can fund this? Minderoo maybe?