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'Magnificent Moment': Endangered Eastern Quolls Released Into Controlled Forest

Endangered eastern quolls have been released into a controlled forest environment in New South Wales in an attempt to restore the species on mainland Australia.


Eastern quolls are marsupials that were extinct from mainland Australia, but still living on the island of Tasmania, though in a declining population.


Conservationists with Aussie Ark and the University of Sydney collaborated to release 15 eastern quolls on a feral-proof sanctuary on the property of Scots College’s Bannockburn campus.


Jerrinja tribal leader Ron Carberry also participated in the release, calling it a “magnificent moment.”


Now that the eastern quolls have been released, researchers will monitor the animals with GPS and very high frequency (VHF) radio transmitters and cameras around the 68-hectare sanctuary.


The research will help conservationists understand how better to help restore the eastern quoll population, Aussie Ark said.


The Bannockburn sanctuary is now part of a network of sanctuaries that are working to rebuild the eastern quoll population in New South Wales.


“The release is another powerful step toward one day rewilding the eastern quoll to the mainland of Australia,” Aussie Ark Operations Manager Dean Reid said.

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