Alistair,
I think the media needs to be brought in on this, perhaps by Birds
Australia as it has happened virtually in their back yard. Perhaps the
publicity might get a message through to a few dog owners to take some
responsibility for their four-legged faeces factories and hopefully
lessen the chances of similar attacks occurring. Hopefully the Stone-
curlew can be found and placed in the care of WIRES or similar, though
after an attack like that I don't like its chances of survival.
Carl Clifford
On 15/02/2008, at 3:09 PM, Alistair McKeough wrote:
Nevil Lazarus has asked me to let people know that yesterday the
bush stone
curlew was attacked by a dog.
Although Nevil was able to chase away the dog the bird would appear
to have
be seriously injured.
Nevil's exact words were:
"I went there yesterday, and found it sitting next to the cricket
nets. I
watched it for an hour or so, and it then walked to a fence adjacent
to the
creek, next to the path. It stood there for a while, and then lay
down next
to the fence, which you can see in the picture attached. I was
sitting on a
bench about 30mt from the bird, waiting for the light to tone down
to get
some pics in good light - it was 3.45pm.
A cyclist with a dog approached - the dog attacked the bird, which,
because
of the fence, could not get away. I ran and chased the dog, but the
bird
was wedged under the fence, one leg broken. I eased it out from
under the
fence, and it hopped and then flew, the leg dangling limply
underneath."
Alistair
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