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PRO/AH/EDR> Pseudomonas aeruginosa – Australia: (TS) endangered parrot
P. aeruginosa -- AustraliaFor the 2nd time in a year there has been a spate of deaths in the critically endangered orange-bellied parrot population at a captive breeding centre in Hobart [Tasmania].A common bacteria variety has killed up to 16 birds in the past month from a population of 136 at the Taroona facility.In January last year [2016], rats got in and killed 14 parrots, which was described as "deeply disturbing" by the then federal environment minister Greg Hunt.In 2013, a cat breached a Read more [...]
