Reprieve For
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The Cagou?
The fate of New Caledonia’s national bird, the strange, flight less Cagou with its distinctive bark, is sealed, according to the Noumea paper Journal Cale donien.
The paper says the Cagou is disappearing at the rate of 20 per year and in 15 years it will be extinct.
The paper blames destruction of the Cagou on domestic dogs which have gone wild and have taken to the bush. The Cagou’s only defence is its speed.
PlM’s Noumea correspondent, Fred Dunn, says plans for establishment of a small zoo in Noumea may result in the Cagou being reprieved. (See PIM, Apr. 1966, p. 87).