It is hoped that former Senator Bob Brown’s newly acquired interest in the extraordinary Australian bird, the Curlew, will raise community interest in these creatures and result in more protection , particularly in North Queensland where they are in reasonable numbers, but under threat , at times deliberately run down by motorists. Once prevalent in southern states, the birds are few and far between. Attempts are being made in some areas to breed them in protected enclosures to reintroduce them to the countryside. With a mournful cry at night, they have been called murder birds . Over the years Brown , who once worked as a doctor in Darwin and Alice Springs, has been involved in many environment and human rights battles,the latest to save whales from the bogus Japanese scientific slaughter .
