A breeding program to safeguard the future of the brush-tailed rock wallaby is expanding. Conservationists say it's like creating a safe 'half-way house' for the endangered species.
abc.net.au/news/endangered-brush-tailed-rock-wallaby-focus-of-breeding-program/102383504Australia's endangered brush-tailed rock wallaby is often difficult to spot in the wild, living in remote areas around rocky outcrops lining the Great Dividing Range.
Aussie Ark managing director Tim Faulkner said the program's expansion came after years of hard work and marked another "giant leap" for the organisation, as well as the future of the brush-tailed rock wallaby."Five years ago, we built the half a dozen or so of the first rock wallaby enclosures, we have since bred a significant amount, so we needed more enclosures," Mr Faulkner said.
"They are an incredible little wallaby so close to where most Australians live, that needs all the attention it can get."Senior advisor with the federal office of the Threatened Species Commissioner, Kerry Cameron, said the program was "critically important"."Brush-tailed rock wallabies have important biodiversity values and cultural values, and we just can't afford to lose this natural, cultural heritage from Australia," Dr Cameron said.
The male is considered to be prime breeding age and further expands the genetic pool of the breeding program.
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