World Cassowary Day

26/09/2020

Here are some interesting facts about our friends the cassowary! What cool things have you seen Cassowaries getting up to?

The Cassowary is one of the closest living species to dinosaurs and it's also the second heaviest bird in the world. What else do we know about the Cassowary?

25/09/2020

Today is world Cassowary day! Post your favorite cassowary photo! Tell us what you love about this marvelous creature.

25/09/2020

Tomorrow is World Cassowary Day!

Cassowary conservation continues in our community, and although the pandemic means that we aren’t having a festival this year, there are many more ways to celebrate!

Add the World Cassowary day frame to your Facebook picture or post your favourite picture of a cassowary! https://www.facebook.com/fbcameraeffects/tryit/321111115104086/

26/09/2019

It's World Cassowary Day! We because they are vital in maintaining the oldest continuously surviving rainforest in the world - checkout the seedlings popping up from this cassowary poo. Amazing. Give us a smile if you've shared a cassowary photo, video or story with someone today!

11/10/2018

What a successful World Cassowary Day! 💙 World Cassowary Day’s focus is on drawing international attention to the reasons Cassowaries are globally important and need to be protected. 🌏 With your help, our page went up nearly 1,000 Likes and we reached almost 50,000 people in an effort to make the Cassowary famous 👍 Thanks for all of your posts, likes, and shares of all things Cassowary in order to celebrate and spread word of this magnificent bird! Thank you to everyone who was able to make it to an on ground satellite event as well.
Cheers, World Cassowary Day team 2018

10/10/2018

The Cassowary Recovery Team is a group of organisations that work together to ultimately protect cassowaries, habitats and corridors from threats through better planning, monitoring and community involvement.

Check out their website to see all the work they do for protecting these amazing birds:
http://bit.ly/2OMTbmW

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06/10/2018

Check out this clip from Kuranda Conservation of one of their community nursery's Speewah Cassowaries, Lucas, taking a bath in their driveway!

Kuranda Conservation is an entirely volunteer organization whose objectives are to assist the community to use land in an ecologically sustainable way and to enhance natural biodiversity through education and demonstration.

They promote awareness of the environment required for the preservation of cassowaries including habitat protection and enhancement, and domestic and feral animal control. They participate in research to better understand the needs of this unique, umbrella species. If the cassowary survives then the other fauna and flora of our region will also.

05/10/2018

Will you help us grow World Cassowary Day for next year? 🌏 Spend 5 minutes to by inviting friends to like the World Cassowary Day page 👍

💻If using your computer: Go to World Cassowary Day page click on ‘...’ button then click ‘Invite friends’ go through and invite as many friends as possible to like the World Cassowary Day page (you can edit the message at the top if you wish to personalise it)

📱If using phone or tablet: Go to World Cassowary Day page click on ‘Community’ then ‘Invite friends to like this page’

Thank you! Let's make the Cassowary famous :D

04/10/2018

Cassowary conservation in action: Thank you to C4 - Community for Coastal and Cassowary Conservation- Box 132 MissionBeach for sharing this story. Many people and groups in the Mission Beach area have been working to assist a young cassowary chick, Bodhi after he was found with a fishing lure caught in his neck. In these photos you can see the cassowary relocation and rescue box operated by the Queensland Government's Department of Environment and Science - for those reading this post from interstate or overseas the answer is yes: we have specalised gear for the capture and transport of sick and injured cassowaries in Far North Queensland. They are very special to us and as such a unique animal require specialist care. Bodhi spent the night in the Garners Beach Cassowary Rehabilitation Centre operated by Rainforest Reserves Australia before being released back into the wild. Good luck Bodhi!

03/10/2018

Thank you to Wet Tropics World Heritage Area for these helpful tips to ensure the protection of cassowaries:

⚠ Minimise rural fences ⚠
To avoid restricting wildlife movement consider fencing your house yard rather than your property boundary.

🐕 Cassowaries and dogs don’t mix 🐕
Keep dogs behind fences or on a leash; roaming dogs hunt and kill chicks and adult birds.

❎A fed bird is a dead bird ❎
Never feed cassowaries, on purpose or by littering; it attracts them to urban areas and roads which can be a death sentence.

🚗 Drive slowly and take care 🚗
Slow down and be alert when travelling in the Wet Tropics; cassowaries can step onto roads without warning.

📲 Report sightings
If you see an injured, orphaned or dead bird, phone 1300 130 372

Photo by Liz Gallie