Conservation scientists are forging ahead with their releases of threatened species in Sturt National Park, building on successful breeding of species. Scientists are also aiming to train threatened species to recognise and survive with feral predators after focusing on feral cat control using cutting edge technology.
Western quolls, bilbies and golden bandicoots are being released into a massive Wild Training Zone of more than 100km2 in Sturt National Park in NSW. It’s part of the ‘beyond the fence’ initiative in Sturt National Park under the Wild Deserts Partnership Project.
The project in Sturt National Park is a collaboration between Wild Deserts and the , with Wild Deserts including ºÚÁÏÍø´óʼǒs Centre for Ecosystem Science and , and .
These nationally threatened species – including the western quoll Dasyurus geoffroii, greater bilby Macrotis lagotis and golden bandicoot Isoodon auratus became extinct in the wild in NSW about a hundred years ago, mainly because of ecosystem changes caused by rabbits and predation by feral cats and foxes.Â
