Editing Emu (section)

== Status and conservation ==
[[File:Tasmanian Emu.jpg|thumb|right|[[John Gerrard Keulemans]]'s (c.&nbsp;1910) restoration of the [[Tasmanian emu]], one of three subspecies which were hunted out of existence]]

In [[John Gould]]'s ''Handbook to the Birds of Australia'', first published in 1865, he lamented the loss of the emu from Tasmania, where it had become rare and has since become extinct; he noted that emus were no longer common in the vicinity of Sydney and proposed that the species be given protected status.<ref name="Gould" /> In the 1930s, emu killings in Western Australia peaked at 57,000, and [[Culling|culls]] were also mounted in Queensland during this period due to rampant crop damage. In the 1960s, [[Bounty (reward)|bounties]] were still being paid in Western Australia for killing emus,<ref name=e63 /> but since then, wild emus have been granted formal protection under the ''[[Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999]]''.<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" /> Their occurrence range is between {{convert|4240000|and(-)|6730000|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, and a 1992 census suggested that their total population was between 630,000 and 725,000.<ref name=BirdLife>{{cite web| url=http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=7&m=1| title=Emu ''Dromaius novaehollandiae''| access-date=26 June 2015| publisher=BirdLife International| archive-date=14 March 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200314062602/http://datazone.birdlife.org/home| url-status=dead}}</ref> Their population trend is thought to be stable and the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature]] assesses their conservation status as being of [[Least-concern species|least concern]].<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" /> The isolated emu population of the [[New South Wales North Coast|New South Wales North Coast Bioregion]] and [[Port Stephens Council|Port Stephens]] is listed as endangered by the New South Wales Government.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedSpeciesApp/profile.aspx?id=10250 |date=22 October 2012 |title=Emu population in the NSW North Coast Bioregion and Port Stephens LGA |publisher=New South Wales: Office of Environment and Heritage |access-date=15 July 2015}}</ref>

Although the population of emus on mainland Australia is thought to be higher now than it was before European settlement,<ref name="AM" /> some local populations are at risk of extinction. The threats faced by emus include the clearance and fragmentation of areas of suitable habitat, deliberate slaughter, collisions with vehicles and predation of the eggs and young.<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" />
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