DAINTREE RAINFOREST CAMERA TRAPS - 2024 As a part of its long-term Daintree Rainforest Camera Trap Project, 2024 accrued 742-cassowary sightings, 460-dingoes and 4,084-feral-pigs. In terms of cumulative monthly averages, cassowary numbers decreased by 8% to 100 per-month, dingo numbers remained the same at 40 per-month and feral-pigs increased by 24% to 193 sightings per month. In comparison with 2023, cassowary numbers plummeted
Camera Traps - December 2024 accrued 84-cassowaries, 39-dingoes and 378-feral pigs. Against the cumulative monthly average, cassowary numbers fell by 16%, dingoes dropped by 2%, whilst feral-pig numbers soared by 196%. Against December 2023, cassowary numbers fell by 31%, dingo sightings increased by 144% and feral-pig numbers increased by 173%. Image highlights from December 2024
Camera Traps - November 2024 accrued 60-cassowaries, 60-dingoes and 274-feral pigs. Against the cumulative monthly average, cassowary numbers fell by 40%, whilst dingo numbers rose by 50% and feral-pig numbers increased by 44%. Against November 2023, cassowary dropped by 67%, dingo numbers grew by 42% and feral-pig sightings also increased by 89%. Image highlights from Camera Traps - November 2024
Camera Traps - October 2024 accrued 27-cassowaries, 27-dingoes and 197-feral pigs. Against the cumulative monthly average, cassowary numbers fell by 73%, dingo numbers decreased by 32% and feral-pig numbers increased by 5%. Against October 2023, cassowary sightings fell by 50%, dingo numbers remained constant and feral-pig sightings decreased by 60%.
2023-24 ANNUAL REPORT The most tumultuous event of the year was Tropical Cyclone Jasper - the wettest cyclone in Australian history. Making landfall at Category 2 off the eastern coast of Wujal Wujal on 13th December 2023, Jasper dropped massive rainfall, inflicting an estimated $1-billion damage-bill across North Queensland. In the relentless fight against a universal entropy, life suffered a terrible loss with
Camera Traps - September 2024 accrued 23-cassowaries, 23-dingoes and 223-feral pigs. Against the cumulative monthly average, cassowary numbers fell by 77%, dingoes also fell by 42% and feral-pig numbers increased by 118%. Against September 2023, cassowary sightings were 18% fewer, dingo numbers fell by 72%, as did feral-pigs by 59%. Image highlights from Camera Traps - September 2024
Camera Traps - August 2024 accrued 66-cassowary sightings, 60-dingoes and 765-feral pigs. Against the cumulative monthly average, cassowary numbers fell by 42%, whilst dingo-sightings rose by 50% and feral-pig numbers soared by 308%. Against August 2023, cassowary sightings were 10% fewer, dingo numbers also fell by 40%, whereas feral-pigs numbers exploded by a whopping 567%! Image highlights from Camera Traps - August
Camera Traps - July 2024 accrued 96-cassowary sightings, 62-dingoes and a whopping 1,296-feral pigs. Against the cumulative monthly average, cassowary numbers fell by 8%, whilst dingo-sightings rose by 56% and feral-pig sightings exploded by 632%. Against July 2023, cassowaries dropped by 26%, dingoes also fell by 9%, but feral-pigs multiplied by 325%. CAMERA TRAPS - JULY 2024 - IMAGE HIGHLIGHTS
Camera Traps - June 2024 accrued 55-cassowary sightings, 45-dingoes and 193-feral pigs. Against the cumulative monthly average, cassowary numbers fell by 47%, whilst dingo-sightings increased by 40% and feral-pig numbers also grew by 24%. Against June 2023, cassowaries were 50% fewer, dingo numbers also fell by 32% whilst feral-pig numbers rose by 11%. Image highlights from Camera Traps - June 2024
Camera Traps - May 2024 accrued only 9-cassowary sightings, 38-dingoes and 92-feral pigs. Against the cumulative monthly average, cassowary numbers dropped by 91%, dingoes stooped by 3% and feral-pig numbers fell by 41%. Against May 2023, cassowaries were 90% fewer, dingo numbers dropped by 20% and feral-pigs also fell by 40%. This relentlessly wet year has played havoc with the cameras and all statistics
