Troppo makes the trip to Townsville to find love in Hope, and bolster a much-needed breeding program.
It's hoped Troppo and Hope will help boost the numbers of their endangered species in the wild.
"Troppo has been living with us since 1993. Unfortunately, we haven't had a huge amount of success with him, so we thought we'd send him up here," Mr Mountney says.Mr Mountney says one of the biggest problems with captive populations is the limited genetic pool to choose from when finding a match for the animals.
Since 2018, Private Hope Tenacious has been the official mascot for the 11th Combat Service Support Battalion. Mr Mountney says the logistics of getting a cassowary from the Gold Coast up to Townsville "is not one of the easiest things to do"."The crates we put them in don't fit on an airplane," Mr Mountney says.Troppo was hesitant to leave his container at first.
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