a rescue plan was hatched to secure remaining populations. and within months, the western river refuge was created almost 400 hectares of habitat protected with a cat exclusion fence that ecologists hope will become a sanctuary for the dunnarts and other species. because of that effort and because of the funding and the resources that have gone into the kangaroo island dunnart, we know more about the dunnart than we ever have, because of the bushfire, which i guess is a bit of a silver lining. and what we ve seen from that is that we have found dunnarts in a lot more locations than we previously have. and it s notjust dunnarts which have survived. this is a possum, a brushtail possum. yep. it s very, very nice to sort of see these guys, burrowing down and have sort of survived, or moved along in different areas.
with that tiny success, a rescue plan was hatched to secure remaining populations. and within months, the western river refuge was created almost 400 hectares of habitat protected with a cat exclusion fence that ecologists hope will become a sanctuary for the dunnarts and other species. because of that effort and because of the funding and the resources that have gone into the kangaroo island dunnart, we know more about the dunnart than ever, because of the bushfire, which i guess is a bit of a silver lining. and what we ve seen from that is that we have found dunnarts in a lot more locations than we previously have. and it s notjust dunnarts which have survived. this is a possum, a brushtail possum. yep. it s very, very nice
dunnart, we know more about the dunnart than ever, because of the bushfire, which i guess is a bit of a silver lining. and what we ve seen from that is that we have found dunnarts in a lot more locations than we previously have. and it s notjust dunnarts which have survived. this is a possum, a brushtail possum. it s very, very nice to sort of see these guys, burrowing down and sort of survived, or moved along in different areas. tiny little pygmy possums, which you would never think would be able to survive such an intense fire. in the aftermath of the fires, anything that managed to survive the inferno faced a new threat on the charred landscape feral cats. with so many species already pushed to the brink, a battle is now under way to remove them from the fragile environment. so it looks like quite a contraption. they re a snap trap,
and the resources that have gone into the kangaroo island dunnart, we know more about the dunnart than ever, because of the bushfire, which i guess is a bit of a silver lining. and what we ve seen from that is that we have found dunnarts in a lot more locations than we previously have. and it s notjust dunnarts which have survived. this is a possum, a brushtail possum. it s very, very nice to sort of see these guys, burrowing down and have sort of survived, or moved along in different areas. tiny little pygmy possums, which you would never think would be able to survive such an intense fire. in the aftermath of the fires, anything that managed to survive the inferno faced a new threat on the charred landscape: feral cats. with so many species already pushed to the brink, a battle is now underway to remove them from the fragile environment.
persisted in this location. with that tiny success, a rescue plan was hatched to secure remaining populations, and within months, the western river refuge was created almost 400 hectares of habitat protected with a cat exclusion fence that ecologists hope will become a sanctuary for the dunnarts and other species. because of that effort and because of the funding and the resources that have gone into the kangaroo island dunnart, we know more about the dunnart than ever, because of the bushfire, which i guess is a bit of a silver lining. and what we ve seen from that is that we have found dunnarts in a lot more locations than we previously have. and it s notjust dunnarts which have survived. this is a possum, a brushtail possum.