Run From Extinction
by Miroslava Jurcik
Title
Run From Extinction
Artist
Miroslava Jurcik
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
Parma wallaby end of the 19th century was believed to be extinct. In 1965 workers on Kawau Island (near Auckland, New Zealand) attempting to control a plague of introduced tammar wallabies (a widespread and fairly common species in Australia) were astonished to discover that some of the pests were not tammar wallabies at all, but a miraculously surviving population of Parma wallabies—a species long thought extinct. The extermination effort was put on hold while individuals were captured and sent to institutions in Australia and around the world in the hope that they would breed in captivity and could eventually be reintroduced to their native habitat. (ref. wiki)
In 1967 it was found that they still existed in the forests near Gosford, New South Wales. Further investigation demonstrated that the Parma wallaby was alive and well, and although not common, was to be found in forests along the Great Dividing Range from near Gosford almost as far north as the Queensland border.
This little guy is from Australian reptile park in Gosford, running along his paths.
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March 20th, 2018
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