Paws, claws, hooves, feathers and fins

Mex · October 21, 2024, 9:43am

Central Australia.
Usually the logistics and red tape of it get in the way of Departmental decision making.
Releasing a potentially former captive snake into an unfamiliar environment can result in a slow death, by stress, for the snake as well

Humble_Minion · October 21, 2024, 9:55am

And in my experience environment departments are very unwilling to translocate animals large distances, for fear of spreading disease or parasites. Probably counts double if the critter in question has been well outside its usual range.

bigallan · October 24, 2024, 5:11am

World Kangaroo Day 24 October, the same day trains are suspended on a suburban line because of a kangaroo killed on the track.

GRR · October 26, 2024, 11:10pm

Oh, the stresses of vicarious parenthood.
Woke yesterday morning and headed for the kitchen window only to see an empty nest and Dad looking quite agitated on a nearby bough.

We looked everywhere in the garden and adjacent reserve and spotted zilch. Bear in mind we had seen nothing in the way of early flight activity at all, basically Dad has been sitting on them for a month. Panic stations.
Walked out the back door in the arvo and found the missing kids, one on the roof and the other next to the BBQ - a few minutes later it fluttered about unconvincingly and ended up next to the shed. The latter in particularly looked very tired. No idea where they’d been all morning.

Locked the gates and kept an eye on them while we could but worried about the night they would face ahead. Yes, they could fly a bit but…?
Back in the tree this morning and blood pressure down. What a day!

Shahid_Afridi · October 30, 2024, 9:14am

loyalandproud · October 30, 2024, 12:52pm

@GRR It really warms my heart to know how much you care about the tawnies…we’d be exactly the same.
Truly hope the little guys stay safe in the weeks ahead until they’re fully fledged.