although subject to ongoing habitat loss, limited range, and overhunting in some areas, the southern cassowary as of 2017 evaluated as least concern on the iucn red list of threatened species. the australian population is listed as endangered under federal and queensland state legislation. some threats are habitat loss (logging), feral animals eating their eggs, hunting, and roadkill. road building, feral animals and hunting are the worst of these threats. it has an occurrence range of , and between 10,000 and 20,000 birds were estimated in a 2002 study, with between 1,500 and 2,500 in australia. southern cassowaries have been bred in many zoos around the world, like at white oak conservation in yulee, florida, united states.