How goats and weaving saved the Bali starling

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Just a few years ago, the illegal pet trade was decimating Bali starling populations in the wild, with fewer than ten of the birds clinging to survival. That's when NGO Friends of the National Parks Foundation stepped in to help the species. Using some unconventional methods (involving goats and the traditional art of weaving), the organisation has managed to establish a thriving new population on an island off the Bali coast. Here's their story! Producer Kirsten Horne and cameraman Mark Thorpe take us onto the islands of Bali to track down this elusive bird.