A diverse range of corporations, businesses and organisations play an important role in threatene... more A diverse range of corporations, businesses and organisations play an important role in threatened species conservation. During the unprecedented bushfire season in Australia in the 2019-20 summer, corporations, businesses and organisations contributed significant financial and in-kind support for the Saving our Species Program’s threatened species recovery efforts. On the eastern coast, a combination of food shortages and heat stress events resulted in large numbers of Grey-headed Flying-foxes Pteropus poliocephalus requiring rescue and rehabilitation. Prolonged drought and intense bushfires reduced available foraging resources for the Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby Petrogale penicillata and Mountain Pygmy-possum Burramys parvus. Corporations donated produce to feed flying-foxes in care and provide supplementary feeding for wild populations of rock-wallabies and pygmy-possums. Local businesses and organisations also supplied resources, funding and food storage capacity to support these conservation actions. The contributions from corporations, businesses and organisations in these case studies totalled more than $70,000.
The concurrent presence in a suburban environment of a juvenile Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops ... more The concurrent presence in a suburban environment of a juvenile Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae) with its Pied Currawong (Strepera graculina) host parents and two other juveniles with their Australian Raven (Corvus coronoides) host parents allowed opportunities to compare behaviour. Observations documented included some begging and feeding behaviour of the juvenile cuckoos and their host parents, interactions between the host and juvenile birds, the weaning strategies adopted by the host species, and interactions with an adult Channel-billed Cuckoo.
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