Bramston Beach Cassowary road death, North Queensland

[scorpianofthesun]

I'm very sorry this happened. They are magnificient birds. Such a shame this happened.

[ellabayforever]

@scorpianofthesun Thank you for your comments scorpion :) It was a sad day seeing such a big female bird in the prime of her life cut down in such a manner. Every cassowary I meet feeds my fascination for these giants. Our forests here would be a lesser place without them. By the way i checked out your channel and your writing ...good stuff....keep it up, cheers Russ

[ellabayforever]

Unfortunately the current speed limit through this 2 kilometre wildlife/cassowary corridor is actually 100km/h and at present Cairns Regional Council firmly refuse to lower this speed limit despite this isolated cassowary population being estimated at a mere 16 to 20 adult cassowaries. Published population viability data state this population is on an extinction vortex (Moore 2007). At current threat levels they will be locally extinct in less than 60 years.