Tasmanian demons are safely carried by rangers in the flood in the sanctuary of the Australian Ark
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Conservation workers are competing to protect a valuable group of Australian animals after record-breaking rain in New South Wales led to floods that killed four people.
Tasmanian Devil (sarcocilius harrisii), brush tail lock wallabies (Petrogale Penisillata), Eastern Cools (Dasyurus Viverrinus), long nose potroux (Potorus Toridacic Acidand broad-toothed rats (Mastacomys Fuscus) at the 400 hectares of Australian Ark Sanctuary in Barrington Tops, New South Wales, everything is fenced safely from wild predators such as cats and foxes. Sanctuary animals are considered insurance contracts for that species in case a wild population becomes extinct.
Since 2010, only 500 demons Joeys have been born there, of which around 50 have been released into specially protected wild areas. Over the next few years, some of these animals are expected to be released outside the sanctuary to reestablish the Tasmanian demon populations on mainland Australia.
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But this week, a severe low-pressure weather system crashed into parts of New South Wales, leading to a record storm. In just a few days, more than 400 millimeters of rain fell in the sanctuary. Despite being on the top of the mountain at an altitude of 1,200 metres, the park has experienced flash floods, sweeping out fencing that excludes wildlife and threatening to own some of the animals that breed in small enclosures.
Tim Faulkner from Aussie Ark Many animals in the breeding enclosures said they had to be brought to emergency centers that were tailored between the complex’s veterinary clinics. However, the major problem facing the sanctuary is that about one kilometre of the 10-kilometer perimeter fence has been damaged or, in some places, was completely wiped out by floods.
“We have about a kilometre of fences that have been affected by corner posts and have sections washed away and pushed out, causing strainer wire to be damaged,” Faulkner said. “The electric hot wire is completely down so you can’t be lucky. Tyrannosaurus Rex Test your defense. ”
Fence swept by flood at Aussie Ark Sanctuary
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While the fence is broken, Faulkner’s team is camped around the clock and continues to monitor violated sections. So far, no native species are thought to have escaped and no wildlife is included.
“There’s penetration, squeezing, pushing, running, pouring, flooding, from every little crack on the mountain. I don’t want to think of all the wildlife that has been devastated even by these massive floods outside the sanctuary,” Faulkner says.
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