Endangered eastern quolls released into wild in Tasmanian conservation project
www.abc.net.au
An ambitious conservation effort to boost declining eastern quoll populations in Tasmania is underway, with 24 of the animals released onto a 5,000 hectare property.

Eastern quoll populations have been declining in Tasmania since the turn of the century and the animal was declared extinct on mainland Australia in 1963.

Last month, two dozen captive-bred eastern quolls were released onto a large-scale regeneration property in Tasmania’s Midlands as part of a conservation program to help bolster populations.

Being in NE Tassie this hits home, might help if we stop running them over. I’ve seen one live one cycling through the forest here in NE Tassie and two dead ones run over by cars when cycling (and numerous wombats, pademelons and uncountable other marsupials)

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/offtrack/tasmania-roadkill-capital-of-the-world/7021816

  • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’ve seen one live one cycling through the forest here in NE Tassie

    Damn, I had no idea quolls could ride! It’s a damn shame cars are as deadly to them as they are to human cyclists.