'Extinction is a choice’ Margaret Atwood on Tasmania's forests and saving the swift parrot
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The award-winning author takes a trip to Tasmania’s Bruny Island in search of a critically endangered bird species
We stand under the bird viewing platform, the wind blowing, the giant white gum trees towering. Margaret Atwood, her face partly hidden beneath a black and purple waterproof hat and with binoculars slung around her neck, has a message.
“You need to tell them swift parrots are aliens from another universe and they’re here to explore if human beings deserve to survive,” she advises. Continue reading...