Twenty-seven native golden bandicoots have returned home to far north-west New South Wales, where they lived more than 100 years ago, until being wiped out in the region by rabbits, cats and foxes.
The Sturt National Park in the far north-west corner of New South Wales is being transformed into an environmental sanctuary, thanks to a project dedicated to bringing back native animals that once called the area home.
"We know that they were here before, and in fact they were about one of two dozen species of small mammals that have disappeared from this part of the country," Dr Pedler said.The Martu Wiluna women – who are rangers for the Tarlka Matuwa and Piarku Martu Aboriginal Corporation – watched over the animals, as they travelled in a box on a plane to reach their destination.
By attaching tiny radio transmitters around the animals' tails, the team can track their movements and monitor their behaviour. "They play a really important role in helping water infiltrate the soil and trap seeds and leaf litter and things like that," he said. "These … wetter climatic conditions that we're in now are just fantastic timing to establish these species," Dr West said.
One option to achieve this is a slow integration method, involving a 10,000-hectare halfway zone containing a low density of feral cats.
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