Article 6XH04 Western quolls and brushtail possums thrive in national park a decade after reintroduction

Western quolls and brushtail possums thrive in national park a decade after reintroduction

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Tory Shepherd
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The Australian animals were locally extinct but have had a resurgence in the Ikara-Flinders Ranges national park

Western quolls (Idnya) and brushtail possums (Virlda), once locally extinct, are flourishing in the Ikara-Flinders Ranges national park 10 years after their reintroduction.

They're pretty funny. We go spotlighting at night ... you can spotlight at the campsite there and see them running around, looking for bits of food," National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) reintroduction ecologist Talitha Moyle said.

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