PHOTO :Brush-tailed rock wallaby (Petrogale penicillata) being released in Warrumbungle National Park. Image from the DCCEEW
An emergency relocation project designed to save endangered Brush-tail Rock wallabies has been carried out in Warrumbungle National Park near Bugaldie.
A team of scientists, park managers, species experts, and veterinarians worked together to have 12 Brush-tailed Rock-wallabies carefully transported via helicopter to the purpose-built Mount Uringery sanctuary, a 303 hectare area free of feral foxes and cats.
Planning for this relocation effort started in 2022…