Thousands of pounds of carrots and sweet potatoes are delivered from above to brush-tailed rock wallabies in fire-affected areas in New Wales.
Waiting for the actual rain, sweet potatoes and carrots are 'raining' in the wildfire-ravaged Australian state of New South Wales. The fiery hell here is taking away everything, oxygen, food, animals, houses. It is now a matter of life or death, and in a desperate attempt to save the endangered (already endangered) brush-tailed rock wallaby, the federal government last week fired up helicopter engines to get food out of it. tall.
To hope for the survival and recovery of the animal species affected by the fires, therefore, we try everything with a real operation, the "Operation Rock Wallaby", with the aim of saving the marsupial population of the State of Australia. southeastern.
According to a government media release, tons of sweet potatoes and carrots were dropped into 11 different brush-tailed wallaby colonies. Specifically: in the last week almost 1000 kilograms of sweet potatoes and carrots were sent to 6 different colonies in the Capertee and Wolgan valleys; 1000 kilograms in 5 sites of the Yengo National Park; nearly 100 kilograms of food and water in the kangaroo valley, with similar "rains" also in the national parks of Jenolan, Oxley Wild Rivers and Curracubundi.
"At this stage, we plan to continue providing supplemental food to rock wallaby populations until sufficient natural food and water resources are available in the landscape again during post-fire recovery," says the New Environment Minister. Wales, Matt Kean.
Operation Rock Wallaby ?- #NPWS staff today dropped thousands of kgs of food (Mostly sweet potato and carrots) for our Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby colonies across NSW ?? #bushfires pic.twitter.com/ZBN0MSLZei
— Matt Kean MP (@Matt_KeanMP) January 11, 2020
According to University of Sydney Ecology Professor Chris Dickman, over 1 billion animals would have been killed by the fires, directly or indirectly. Animals that survive the flames by escaping or going underground will re-emerge in areas lacking the resources necessary to survive or may fall victim to predators.
Major recovery efforts are also being made in other fire-affected areas across Australia, including Kangaroo Island off the coast of South Australia, where tens of thousands of koalas have been killed and several other unique species have been severely affected. hit. The Government of South Australia and the Nature Foundation SA are coordinating to raise funds and restore habitat for wildlife.
Meanwhile, there are still more than XNUMX fires in New Wales, albeit none at the emergency level. Rain is expected for the week and who knows if you won't find some peace.
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