Hand feeding cassowaries poses a significant threat to their survival because it lures them into suburban areas. There, the birds are more susceptible to encounters with vehicles and dogs. Contact with humans encourages cassowaries to take food from picnic tables. Feral pigs also are a significant threat to their survival. They destroy nests and eggs of cassowaries, but their worst effect is as competitors for food, which may be catastrophic for the cassowaries during lean times.
Hand feeding cassowaries poses a significant threat to their survival because it lures them into suburban areas There the birds are more susceptible to encounters with vehicles and dogs Contact with humans encourages cassowaries to take food from picnic tables Feral pigs also are a significant threat to their survival They destroy nests and eggs of cassowaries but their worst effect is as competitors for food which may be catastrophic for the cassowaries during lean times