Road to Recovery for Endangered Cockatoo
2 March 2006
Bush Heritage has been announced as a recipient of funds raised from the sale of the first 549 special edition Commonwealth Games ‘Karak’ number plates, as part of a plan to save the endangered red-tailed black cockatoo.
Environment Minister John Thwaites and Commonwealth Games Minister Justin Madden handed over $117,000 to the Australian Bush Heritage Fund, Trust for Nature and Birds Australia to help save the cockatoo – also known as Karak, the Commonwealth Games mascot.
Red-tailed black cockatoos have been recorded on Bush Heritage’s Eurardy Reserve in Western Australia.
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