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Captive-bred Eastern Barred Bandicoots released by Zoos Victoria

Discussion in 'Australia' started by WhistlingKite24, 15 Jun 2020.

  1. WhistlingKite24

    WhistlingKite24 Well-Known Member 10+ year member Premium Member

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    A nice piece of news to mark my 1000th post on ZooChat!

    Zoos Victoria recently released six captive-bred Eastern Barred Bandicoots into the wild. The Facebook post didn’t mention which zoo the bandicoots came from but considering natives are Healesville’s speciality I thought I’d place the news in this thread.
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    WhistlingKite24, 15 Jun 2020
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  2. MRJ

    MRJ Well-Known Member 15+ year member Premium Member

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    Actually no, EBB’s are bred at Melbourne and Werribee. Also I believe some of the animals in this release were supplied by Serendip.
     
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    akasha Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    By released ‘into the wild’ do they mean into predator-proof enclosures such as the one at Hamilton Parklands?
    I volunteered at Hamilton in Jan 2018. We trapped 9 bandicoots, 6 males and 3 females. The 3 females (they were hoping for 4) went to Werribee to join the breeding program.
     
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    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    They were released at the Woodlands Historic Reserve in Victoria, where a 400 hectare area has been fenced as an Eastern Barred Bandicoot Sanctuary.
     
    Chlidonias, 30 Jun 2020
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