How do you catch a wombat? In a giant butterfly net of course – video

PhD students at the University of Tasmania are netting bare-nosed wombats as part of their research into sarcoptic mange, which can cause localised extinction. Among other things, they hope to determine how the disease was introduced to Australia. Once caught, the wombats are anaesthetised, put in sacks and taken in for testing and assessment, then released back into the wild where they were found