Our unique Australian black cockatoo is having a tough time surviving.
Loss of habitat, food shortages, feral animals and drought are just a few of the threats that have brought these iconic Australian birds to the brink of extinction.
Kaarakin: The Australian Threatened Species Centre in Western Australia is helping save our beloved “larrikin of the bush”. They rescue, rehabilitate and release birds back
to the bush. They also retain those birds (both red tails and white tails) which cannot be put back into the wild, as part of the breeding stock for their Breed for Release program and there have already been some remarkable success stories.
(c) Leighton De Barros
"On a Wing and a Prayer' is a remarkable film that follows the journey of a Carnaby’s (white tailed) Cockatoo family from its struggle for daily survival to the joyful arrival of their chicks.
PROJECT LAUNCH
Our project is to first fund the purchase this inspiring and educational DVD from the Australian ABC, who have set a
minimum purchase price of $22,729.85 for 2,000 DVDs. We've already raised a portion of this minimum offline, and are now looking at our StartSomeGood campaign to reach this goal.
All funding donations, which are fully
tax deductible in Australia, are paid to the Black Cockatoo Preservation Society.
OUR SCHOOL CAMPAIGN
Then, beginning in mid August 2012, schools and/or P&C Associations throughout Australia will be invited to purchase the DVD through a dedicated website link, promoted in print and online.
P&C Associations and parents who buy the DVD for their school library, complete with a downloadable study guide, will pay directly into the Black Cockatoo Preservation Society account. The DVD will be shipped
by mail to either the school or the purchaser, once the purchase price of $23.00 (including P&H) has been received.
OUR PROJECT VIDEO
Our project video about the Nannup Centre will give you an extensive view of the work being done in rescue and breeding at Nannup. The film shows David and Dee Patterson with their
extensive flock of rescued and captive bred black cockatoos and we have visited their Nannup sanctuary several times to see their continuing work. The “Jamarri Black Cockatoo Rehabilitation Centre” in
Nannup will receive 15% of the net sales proceeds raised through this campaign to assist them with their costs of feeding and caring for their birds, (in cash and in kind).
Even after release, the Cockatoos will return for some time for supplementary feeding and David has uploaded a couple of videos to YouTube in the past – showing released birds feeding outside the cages. Because the parents
care for their young for up to eighteen months in the wild, it should be no surprise that they continue to return to their sanctuary.
Education is the key to the survival of our Black Cockatoos – of our children, their parents and those who hold their future habitat in their hands. Please support this campaign to share "On A Wing And A Prayer" and save
the Black Cockatoo