Declared extinct on the Australian mainland in 1963, 10 quolls have been released into the Australian bush in New South Wales.
Ten Eastern Quolls have been released into a NSW wildlife sanctuary.In a "globally significant moment" which gives a near-extinct species a second lease at survival, 10 eastern quolls have been released into a NSW nature reserve.
Aussie Ark ranger Tim holds one of the quolls just before its release into a wildlife sanctuary. Once common across eastern Australia, the population shrank after falling prey to feral cats and foxes. Today, the species can only be found in the wild in Tasmania, although the numbers continue to fall.It's a spectacular culmination of five years of hard work and proof again of the success of our breeding and rewilding program.
Aussie Ark hopes to eventually create a group of quolls in the Barrington reserve, which represents what they would normally have experienced in the wild without the threat of feral invasive predators.COP15 achieves breakthrough biodiversity achievement"Whenever we do a release like this we are turning back time. This exquisite species has suffered so much. This is the second chance it deserves," Mr Faulkner said.
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