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Are the cassowaries getting enough to eat?

To: Andrew Thelander <>, Birding Aus <>
Subject: Are the cassowaries getting enough to eat?
From: Denise Goodfellow <>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:39:04 +0930
Thank you, Andrew. 

Is there a socio-economic study of the importance of cassowaries to tourism
available?  
Regards
Denise


on 17/3/11 10:29 AM, Andrew Thelander at  wrote:

> Hi Denise
> Maybe the locals can answer this one? I don¹t think there is a huge amount
> happening. There are some plantings around the place and some groups like
> Australian Rainforest Foundation want to buy up properties, put a nature
> covenant on them and then resell them. The Bruce Highway is being upgraded and
> the Qld government has done some good work revegetating creeklines leading to
> underpasses that will hopefully keep birds off the highway and enhance
> connectivity.
> I believe another bird died on the Tully-Mission Beach road last weekend.
> Andrew
>  
> 
> 
> From: Denise Goodfellow 
> Sent: Wednesday, 16 March 2011 10:16 AM
> To: Andrew Thelander; Alan Gillanders; Birding Aus
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Are the cassowaries getting enough to eat?
>  
> What moves, if any, are being made to increase the availability of habitat
> for the cassowaries?
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> Denise Lawungkurr Goodfellow
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> 
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