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Flocks of white-tailed cockatoos take to the air.

‘Cockatoo Club Med’: DIY renos saving a species from extinction

The detailed study of Western Australia’s white-tailed black cockatoos has revealed that repairing natural tree hollows is a way of securing their survival.

  • Victoria Laurie

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Perth’s black cockatoos are running out of food, as their habitat dwindles across the city.

Fears cockatoos will starve as state of WA drags feet on pine logging freeze

The WA government’s response to calls for a moratorium on logging the Carnaby’s black cockatoo habitat has been less than ideal, despite its own numbers forecasting a major decline in the species’ northern population.

  • Holly Thompson
Black cockatoo habitat was cleared without permission at a housing state in Baldivis resulting in a $250,000 fine for the property owners.

Perth housing estate developers fined $250,000 for clearing black cockatoo habitat

The Australian Conservation Foundation labelled the penalty a “slap on the wrist” and criticised the state of the country’s environment laws in the aftermath.

  • Peter de Kruijff