Four southern brush-tailed rock wallabies have been sighted, raising hopes that a colony may have survived the Grampians bushfires.
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00:00So, we know that the Brushtail Rock Wallaby colony has been impacted by the fires and
00:11we know that it did burn quite hot through that area.
00:29The critical focus for us is getting in there as quickly as possible to make sure that we've
00:33got enough food and supplements for those animals to survive.
00:37They can be quite clever in protecting themselves from the initial fire and then that's why
00:42it is so critical to get in there as quickly as possible to make sure that they have enough
00:47food.
00:48We know that the fire's gone through and we know that food will be scarce, so the team
00:52have been developing food packages, care packages, which consist of a few different types of
00:57food.
00:58So, there's carrots, sweet potato, there's some lucerne and there's also some macropod
01:03or kangaroo pellets, which can be dispersed initially through dropping out of a helicopter.
01:09The idea is to strategically place them at a few different locations in and around the
01:14colony so that there's enough food for them to venture out and access and still maintain
01:19that location and be able to protect themselves from those predators that exist.
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