Why move species to islands? Saving #wildlife as the world changes means taking calculated risks https://theconversation.com/why-move-species-to-islands-saving-wildlife-as-the-world-changes-means-taking-calculated-risks-223446

"Many #islands are now being thought of as #conservation arks, able to provide safe havens for several threatened species at once. Dirk Hartog Island, Western #Australia’s largest, is now home to reintroduced western #quolls, #dibblers, #mulgaras and other small #mammals, as well as two translocated hare-#wallaby species."

Why move species to islands? Saving wildlife as the world changes means taking calculated risks

Translocation may have been the key to survival for the eastern barred bandicoot but it might not be the golden ticket for every species.

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