Have a flutter on the birds
January 25th, 2004Ladbrokes are offering bets on racing albatrosses. Yes, really. They are fitting tracking devices to 18 Tasmanian Shy Albatrosses as they migrate from Tasmania to South Africa.
There is a serious point behind all this - it is to increase public awareness of the problem of longlining - a method of fishing that kills 300,000 seabirds a year and threatens many species of albatross with extinction. So if you fancy a bit of fun then place a bet - all income from the bets will be donated to bird conservation charities - if you don’t fancy gambling at all then you can donate direct instead.