Threatened black cockatoos are ‘annihilating’ WA apple crops and producers want help

November 30th, 2020

ABC Online, Other, 25/11/2020, Jessica Hayes, Ellie Honeybone and Joanna Prendergast
A West Australian apple grower says a threatened WA bird is costing his business about $1 million a year in damage to fruit in his orchards. The WA apple and pear, or pome, industry says black cockatoos are causing so much damage the State Government should fund netting to keep the birds out of orchards, avoiding more harmful control measures. […] A ‘highly intelligent’animal Dennis Saunders is a former chief research scientist with the CSIRO Wildlife Research and is still researching Carnaby’s black cockatoos.