wildlifefriendlyfencing, wildlife friendly fencing
'When a
bird flies it does not look directly ahead of itself, but instead
will scan the area a distance off. In nature, obstacles such as
trees are quite obvious to a flying bird, while the thin strands
of a barbed wire fence are not so obvious. Owls and other birds
often fly into the top strands of these types of fences and are
then caught in the barbs, unable to struggle free, and so frequently
dying slow, agonising deaths. The Birds of Prey Working Group is
investigating various methods to make fences more visible, in particular
to nocturnal birds, and this will prevent countless unnecessary
deaths'. Endangered Wildlife Trust website, South Africa.
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| Photo: Jenny Maclean Barking Owl |
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| Photo: Jack Shield Kookaburra
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Photo: The Cairns Post Metallic
Starling
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Photos: Karen Ringland. This tawny frogmouth was
brought to the vet with the barbed wire still tightly twisted in
skin at the back of its neck. It died 4 days later.
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| Photo: Helen Taylor Black-shouldered
kite |
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Photo: Helen Taylor
Barn Owl |
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| Photo: Janet Robino Quail |
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Photo: Tina Ball Collared kingfisher |
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| Photo: Karin Traub |
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Photo: Karin Traub Same owl with cetrigen on its injuries |
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Photo: Ashleigh Johnson Ibis |
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Photo: Ashleigh Johnson Ibis |
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This old photograph shows the remains of an Emu on 'Cambo Cambo' property, Moonie River district, North West New South Wales, in 1911. The associated notes state: 'death being due to one leg getting caught in the wires of a wire fence while the bird was getting through. The unfortunate bird could not get away from this grip-it died no doubt of thirst and starvation. It will be noticed that the leg resting on the ground has made a hole underneath, through the bird kicking and struggling in its efforts to escape.'
Photo by Sidney Jackson, 1873-1946, courtesy of the National Library of Australia.
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