Vet nurse Louise Hopper with a Carnaby’s black cockatoo. Picture: Marcelo Palacios www.communitypix.com.au Buy this photoENVIRONMENTALISTS are worried organophosphate poisoning could have wiped out an entire flock of Carnaby’s black cockatoos.
Carnaby’s Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris) family group. Photo: SandraALMOST 20 Carnaby’s black cockatoos have died since January after showing signs of organophosphate poisoning.
Male and female Carnaby’s black bockatoo. Photo by Raana Scott.THE annual survey to count Carnaby’s black cockatoos resulted in a huge number of volunteers taking part in the increasingly popular Great Cocky Count.
Chris Phillips with some of the rehabilitated cockatoos at the centre. KAARAKIN Black Cockatoo Rehabilitation Centre in Martin is a finalist in the United Nations Association of Australia World Environment Day Awards.