But that was just a lull in an otherwise successful multiweek canine sweep of the Snake’s mid-river islands for saltcedar and pepperweed. Over six days Finn and a Working Dogs for Conservation counterpart found 41 perennial pepperweed plants and one saltcedar plant. “W...
endangered snails inhabit irrigation pipes, and the threatened southern cassowary regularly enters homeowner’s backyards in tropical Queensland looking for fruiting plants, so long as dogs are not present. Similarly, imperiled Carnaby’s black-cockatoos have come to rely on seeds...
I brought the birdcages to the windows. I opened the windows, and opened the birdcages. I poured the fish down the drain. I took the dogs and cats downstairs and removed their collars. I released the insects onto the street. And the reptiles. And the mice. I told them, Go. All of...