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This week at Animal Club, CHPS Animal Club members talked about Australian animals that are threatened due to habitat destruction, changed fire patterns, pollution and the introduction of foreign species such as foxes and feral cats.
To help us learn about the Australian animals that are dying for these reasons we worked together with a partner to complete the ‘Threatened animals Crossword Challenge’ that the Save the Bilby Fund has organised to raise awareness of threatened animals.
Our Animal Club has also registered to sell Bilby merchandise to raise awareness and money to help save the Bilby. We will be selling this merchandise during our recess and lunch breaks leading up to Sunday 14th September 2008, which is National Bilby Day.
Animal Club members doing their part in Saving the Bilby Did you know that the Bilby is the only Australian animal with it’s own National Day!
Doing the crossword was quite tricky and no-one finished so we will be completing these at home, ready to bring in and share next week.
If you are interested in finding out more about National Bilby Day, the crossword competition or anything Bilby, you can visit the Save the Bilby Fund website at: www.savethebilbyfund.com. They also have some great free Bilby screen savers for your computer at this site.
Bilby Update
The children and the teachers in Animal Club would like to thank every one that helped us raise money for the Save the Bilby Foundation. We raised over $428, and could not have done this without your kind generosity and support. Thank you!
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