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A successful reintroduction program
Faced with the alarming decline of western quolls, Australian scientists and conservationists have implemented an ambitious reintroduction program. Their goal? To provide these animals with a secure habitat where they can survive and reproduce.
In recent months, several quolls have been released into the Mt Gibson Sanctuary, a reserve specially designed to protect endangered species. And the good news has just arrived: the first baby quolls have been born there!
Proof that these marsupials are adapting well to their new environment and are beginning to thrive.
Promising signs of adaptation
Georgina Anderson, a field ecologist with the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC), is pleased with the progress:
“Thanks to regular monitoring, we can see that the quolls are doing well in the sanctuary. The discovery of the first young is a very encouraging sign.”
Among the released specimens, one quoll in particular caught the researchers’ attention: Aang, a lively and cunning male, who took to retrieving the bait placed by the scientists.
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