FEATURE
Cockatoos (Cacatua leadbeateri) being predated by goannas, a type of monitor lizard also known as the Lace Monitor, is the longest supported by the Parrot Society UK. To date just over £ 21,000 has been donated to this exciting conservation project. It all began twenty years ago when John Mollindinia, a highly respected founder member of the Parrot Society UK, travelled to Australia to gain first-hand experience of the Major Mitchell’s cockatoo, a particular favourite of his. There he met Ray Ackroyd, who to this day organises tours in the south-eastern states of New South Wales and Victoria as well as being a government licensed bird trapper. As a result of the availability of water in recent times as well as cereal crops, both in the field and stored, as a result of farming activities in this semi-arid area of Australia had caused an explosion in the cockatoo populations, particularly the Eastern Galah (Eolophus r. albiceps), Slender-billed Corella (Cacatua tenuirostris) and Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua g. galerita), which devastated the crops and had been subsequently designated “pest” species by the Australian authorities.
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It all began twenty years ago when John Mollindinia, a highly respected founder member of the Parrot Society UK, travelled to Australia to gain first-hand experience of the Major Mitchell’s cockatoo, a particular favourite of his.
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