An Australian family is mourning the loss of their five-month-old daughter who died after her mother tried to protect her from an aggressive Australian whistleblower.
The baby was in the mother’s arms when a bird flew towards them in Glindemann Park in Brisbane on Sunday, causing the mother to stumble and fall, writes CNN. BThe abbey was taken to hospital but later died from injuries sustained by the fall, according to Queensland Ambulance Service.
– The parents and spectators did a fantastic job, they made us get to the place very quickly and let the little one get the best possible chance, says ambulance worker Tom Holland at a press conference.
– Even as an ambulance personnel, this is an incredibly rare and tragic event to be called to. It was a very emotional scene, my thoughts are with my parents, says Holland.
AGGRESSIVE: The Australian Whistleblower is aggressive, especially during the breeding season, and attacks both humans and animals during this period, according to the Australian Museum. Photo: Florence-Joseph McGinn / Shutterstock / NTB.
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– Watch out
The Australian whistleblower is known to defend its nest aggressively, especially during the breeding season which is from July to December in Brisbane. This aggression has given the whistleblower a fearsome reputation in Australia, where the sharp-billed black and white bird grows to about 40 centimeters long.
– Watch out! Whistle-cutting territory. Floating cuttings have been observed in this area, it says on signs west of Australia.
– The male (whistle cutter) uses his body language, and pats his beak, throws himself over your head and screams, to warn you to stay away from the eggs and the newly hatched chickens, writes the Australian Museum on its websites.
Dead birds raining from the sky
Person died
The community-run website, Magpie Alert, which alerts whistleblowers, logged 1231 shear attacks in the state of Queensland in 2020, and thousands more in the country.
According to the website, one in ten people is injured in cutting attacks.
In 2019, a 76-year-old man in Sydney died of head injuries after crashing his bike while trying to avoid a floating cut.
The year before, a child in Perth was almost blinded when a squirrel attacked his face as he sat in the pram.
PROTECTED SPECIES: The whistle is a protected species in Australia, and it is illegal to kill the bird or remove the chickens or eggs from the wild. Photo: GPLama / Shutterstock / NTB
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Fundraising campaign
The relatives have launched a fundraising campaign to raise money to cover the baby’s funeral costs, and to help parents Jacob and Simone.
– On this day, in Glindemann Park, Holland Park West, an absolutely tragic and sudden accident happened, where beautiful Mia, only five young months old, grew her little angel wings and left this world for the last time, the fundraiser writes on its website.
– No words can begin to describe the torture (parents) Jacob and Simone undergo, they write further.
In a post on social media on Tuesday, Brisbane’s Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner described the city as “shocked to its absolute core” by the infant’s death.
