Save our precious birds Dismiss Normal text size Credit:Illustration: Matt Golding To submit a letter to The Age, email letters@theage.com.au. Please include your home address and telephone number. Save our precious birds We applaud the efforts being made to save the critically endangered eastern bristlebird (Sunday Age, 31/1). However, in the other extreme on Victoria’s west coast, the near threatened rufous bristlebird’s habitat is under threat. An extensive ″strategic firebreak″ (vegetation) is being slashed around coastal communities, thus destroying bristlebird habitat. On discussion with the state Environment Department, I got the impression that asset protection trumps bristlebird survival.