User: Parks and Wildlife Service, Western Australia

Date posted: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 01:10:36 GMT

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Parks and Wildlife Service, Western Australia
about 2 years ago

BANDICOOTS RELEASED ONTO DIRK HARTOG ISLAND

The reintroduction of native animals onto Dirk Hartog Island is in full swing. Recently we released 70 Shark Bay bandicoots onto the island, adding to the more than 200 rufous-hare and banded-hare wallabies already released. If our bandicoot pioneers thrive, Dirk Hartog Island will become home to the largest single population of this species in existence. And this month, we will be releasing 24 endangered dibbler joeys captive-bred ...

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