The Taronga Zoo attack in 1952 resulted in injuries not death - reports can
be found in the National Library's excellent Trove service in scanned
copies of the Sydney Morning Herald from that year. The fool had climbed an
eight foot fence into their enclosure, while they were incubating eggs. He
said he was looking at some smaller jungle fowl and wanted a closer look.
(SMH, 9 Dec 1952. 'Man Critically Hurt by Big Birds at Zoo').
sandra henderson, canberra
On 10 June 2016 at 16:41, Susan Knowles <> wrote:
> I was told that a man was killed by a cassowary at Taronga in 1915?. He
> apparently entered the enclosure to steal an egg and bled to death on the
> ferry back to the Quay. This info came from a Taronga keeper.
>
> Susan Knowles
> > On 9 Jun 2016, at 8:07 PM, brian fleming <>
> wrote:
> >
> > Circa 1950 a report appeared in the Melbourne Argus that a man had
> entered the Cassowary enclosure at Healesville Sanctuary to take photos. He
> was killed. This incident was not mentioned in a History of the Sanctuary
> which I read a few years back. I was 9 or 10 at the time and noticed
> because we had been to Healesville shortly before - we had seen a notice
> on the gate saying that the birds were nesting and therefore dangerous - do
> not enter! Later the inquest was reported - first time I noticed the word
> Inquest. ABC Schools broadcasts used to include a segment from the late
> Crosbie Morrison, editor of 'Wildlife Magazine' who said that Cassowaries
> were dangerous. His magazine was a great clearing-house for wildlife
> information in the '40s and'50s.
> >
> > More recently, maybe 20 years ago, Melbourne Zoo had at least three
> Cassowaries together in a large yard. On one visit, one bird had been
> confined in a smaller yard because it had been in a fight that day with
> another Cassowary. There was a long bleeding wound on its breast or side
> where it had been kicked.
> >
> > Anthea Fleming
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9/06/2016 5:15 PM, Laurie Knight wrote:
> >> See:
> http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/how-dangerous-are-cassowaries-really/
> >>
> >> An interesting read ...
> >>
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