The deaths of over 100 long-billed corellas discovered near the Murray River are being investigated by the Victorian wildlife watchdog. The birds were spotted by wildlife carer Kirsty Ramadan, who was dispatched by the Yorta Yorta facility to Barmah, near the Victorian/New South Wales boundary, on Wednesday to capture a sick long-billed corella. She discovered […]
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Thousands of native Australian corellas mercilessly slaughtered after being lured into modified wheelie bins
After the local council labeled the birds ‘pests,’ thousands of native Australian cockatoos were trapped and murdered using modified garbage bins. The special wheelie bins are the most recent instrument in Rockingham Council’s $8,000-per-year corella culling program, which started with non-lethal means. The council, located 50 kilometers south of Perth, claims that the population has […]
‘Like a horror movie’: Dozens of corellas dead after falling from sky in suspected poisoning
Nearly 60 native birds have died after they fell out of the sky in front of horrified onlookers and a nearby primary school in a suspected case of mass poisoning in South Australia. Bird rescuers said it was like “something out of a horror movie” as dozens of birds fell, bleeding from their eyes and […]