From ABC News Jon Wren
Last Update: Friday, May 12, 2006. 1:09pm (AEST)
NQ wildlife to benefit from grape glut
Grape growers are having trouble getting rid of their fruit this year but
one solution has been to send it to north Queensland to feed hungry
wildlife.
With habitat destroyed by cyclone Larry, surplus grapes from Lopresti Wines
in South Australia are being fed to birds like the southern cassowary.
Scott Sullivan from Queensland's Parks and Wildlife Service says they are
happy to get them.
"Generally they're eating relatively small fruits on the forest floor so
we've set feed stations in a range of areas and our strategy is to draw
cassowaries away from the urban environment where they're at threat from
things like being run over by cars or attacked by dogs," he said.
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