Largest single release of the endangered animals seeks to grow population that had been completely wiped out from mainland Australia
Introduced feral foxes and cats – the no 1 killers of native wildlife in Australia – have been removed from the sanctuary to create a pristine habitat for species like quolls to survive, thrive and breed.
Released this week ahead of next month’s breeding season, it’s hoped the quolls will breed with an existing population already released into the fenced sanctuary. For millions of years eastern quolls were plentiful on the mainland but in the early 1900s disease and feral animals wiped them out in the region.Photograph: Supplied/Aussie ArkThe quolls released this week are part of Aussie Ark’s eastern quoll breeding program as well as the larger Tasmanian QuollProgram. There are now 150 quolls at Barrington Tops, with numbers growing with every breeding season.
The goal is to bolster the species’ population and stop their extinction, Aussie Ark’s Dean Reid says.“We should be able to get back out here in a couple of months’ time and confirm breeding and the presence of joeys,” he said.
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