Today's Rescue

[den]

Eastern Rosella. This bird was hit by a car and has a broken back just behind the pelvis. Apart from that he is fat and healthy.


He'll never fly and can't be released. The tail is floppy and doesn't move to keep him balanced, so it won't help him fly.




And because he's so wild, he can't be kept in captivity. The Zoo has no place for him.



I euthanased him.

Comments

[annvole.livejournal.com]

why are the most beautiful and most interesting animals only found "Down Under"? I have to go there some day (I think I better bring night photography stuff though for all those small marsupials)

[azhreia.livejournal.com]

just remember to watch out for the sheep.

(and the snakes, spiders, dingos, wombats, kangaroos, platypi, koalas, goannas and drop bears)


;-)

[annvole.livejournal.com]

Quollity control for Dragons:

I did not know what goannas and drop bears were so I looked them up:
http://geocities.com/muirnin/db.htm
and I read here:
http://www.deh.gov.au/parks/publications/annual/03-04/kakadu.html#toads
that Quolls are being introduced to some islands to control the Cane Toads. These Cane Toads seem to be causing the decline in the populations of the biggest species of Goanna (which I would say are the closest thing to dragons that you can still find and photograph)

Speaking of dragons, I am looking for as many pictures as I can of a certain knitting dragon other then the one on your website...any others? (ask Batty why I need them)

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

The quolls are being reloacated to protect them from the toads. Cane toads are so poisonous they wipe out who populations of predator species.

[annvole.livejournal.com]

Oh! I got that all wrong! (oops)It would help if I read it more carefully:
"A programme to translocate some quolls from Kakadu and near Darwin to offshore toad free islands"

[rosequoll.livejournal.com]

Although a few have been seen trying the antechinus (yes?) version of eating them from the inside out. *gag* I suppose it does keep their mouths away from the poison...

[azhreia.livejournal.com]

the only other picture I know of that is of a knitting dragon is on Urban Dragon's site http://www.urbandragons.com - go to the species list, then select knitting dragon from the side menu.

there are a few instances of a certain dragon with knitting needles in the comic we used to do as well.

the knitting dragon on my website was specially drawn for me in '98, to my specifications. I'd say it was a commission, but he never asked me for any money for it.

[sjwt.livejournal.com]

though we dont have cougars..

damm it, i want a cougar.