Like the kakapo and the thylacine, Habsburg Archdukes were also heading for extinction by the 20th century, and that day in Sarajevo was to set the fuse. Hunters and collectors can be equally acquisitive. The first ineffectual efforts at conservation began in the 1890s – but declining numbers just provided an incentive for museum collectors to get one before they died out. First the Maori with their rats, then Europeans with their cats, had decimated the birds, although because they are so long lived, it took a while to realize how seriously endangered they were.
New Zealanders already knew by the 1890s that the kakapo population was declining. I can forgive him most of those deaths – but not the kakapos. He came from a hunting culture, and perhaps a Prince needs to be a good shot. During his truncated life, he killed some 300,000 animals and birds. Someone equally anally retentive has subsequently gone to his diaries and counted.
Although a countess, she wasn’t sufficiently noble for a Habsburg and their marriage was morganatic.įranz Ferdinand continued to shoot animals wherever he went, recording his kills in his diaries. The next year, back in Vienna, he met and fell in love with Countess Sophie Chotek. They all looked rather moth-eaten and sad.ĭuring 1893 Franz Ferdinand shot his way around the world. There was a thylacine, now extinct, as well as other inoffensive Australian animals such as koalas and platypus. I counted 5 faded and molting kakapo in the Vienna Museum, thanks to Franz Ferdinand and his party. As of March 2014, according to Wikipedia, there are just 126 kakapo alive. It is a tubby, utterly inoffensive flightless parrot, which can live for 80 years or longer and reproduces very slowly. The New Zealand kakapo is one of the world’s most endangered species. Walter Lawry Buller, A History of the Birds of New Zealand,1873. His voyage had political implications, an attempt by Imperial Austria to show that it was still a player on the world stage, but by the 1890s, the Pacific Islands were being drawn into other orbits: Britain (Solomons, 1893), Germany (New Guinea, 1884) and the United States (Hawaii, 1898).įranz Ferdinand just kept shooting wherever he went. From Yokohama he crossed the Pacific to Vancouver, before heading for home across Canada and the Atlantic. His voyage took him to the Pacific, visiting Australia and New Zealand, then northwards, touching at New Caledonia, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, then on across Indonesia to Thailand, Hong Kong and Japan. Franz Ferdinand shot an amazing number of these animals during a world tour on the Imperial battle cruiser Kaiserin Elizabeth in 1893, accompanied by his own personal taxidermist and a zoologist from the Imperial Natural History Museum. There are some wonderful items in this rather fusty old museum, including the Venus of Willendorf and other archaeological treasures, but also far too many dead animals and birds, which don’t really do it for me. Last year when I was in Vienna I visited the Natural History Museum.
I speak not on behalf of Serbian nationalism, but on behalf of Antipodean wildlife. Get your ticket for the Andalucía Big Festival by clicking here.While I’m sorry, of course, that Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914, there’s a little bit of me that feels he had it coming to him. A perfect combination and mastery on stage with their characteristic image as a starting point and their impressive live show as the icing on the cake. Michael, Do You Want To, The Dark of the Matine, and Take Me Out. The British alternative rock band formed in 1989 will be in charge of bringing that Brit-pop feeling that is still so popular today. Franz Ferdinand brought the Hits to The Rooftop at Pier 17 w/ Vundabar (pics. Pure British fire.įinally, Suede is the third addition to this list of new headliners. From London and with big hits like ‘Ulysses’, ‘No You Girls’ or ‘Take Me Out’, they land in the capital of the Costa del Sol to make the audience dance with each of their songs. The second confirmation comes from Franz Ferdinand. Undoubtedly one of the most outstanding and relevant artists on the scene. A whirlwind who has managed to fuse styles such as rap, trap, Latin pop and new flamenco in the best way possible. And now, you can enjoy his iconic live performance at the Andalucía Big Fest. Tangana is known in many ways, but the best of them is on stage. The first confirmed artist has several names… Antón, Crema, Puchito, El Madrileño… C. A rather complicated task that has culminated in the confirmation of three new and exclusive headliners. After the cancellation of RATM due to a health problem of one of the band members, the Andalucía Big Festival team has worked day and night to find a replacement.
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