In one of the largest operations of its kind, the NSW Government is undertaking food delivery to suffering and injured animals like you've never seen it before. #9News [x]
Operation Rock Wallaby
As ongoing bushfires ravage Australia’s national parks and fragile habitats, the animal toll from the disaster is rising, with recent estimates saying the figure is now over a billion.
Despite that, animal rescue and conservation efforts are redoubling and stories of hope are emerging in the face of these overwhelming losses.
The NSW Government this week oversaw food drops of thousands of kilograms of sweet potatoes and carrots to brush-tailed rock wallaby populations affected by the fires.
NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service
In the wake of the devastating bushfires, NPWS staff have been delivering thousands of kilograms of carrots and sweet potato to endangered Brush-tailed Rock-wallabies as part of a post-fire recovery strategy for our wildlife.
In the largest food drop ever done for this species, almost 1000kg of sweet potato and carrot have been sent to six different colonies in the Capertee and Wolgan valleys; 1000kg across five sites in Yengo National Park; almost 100kg of food and water in the Kangaroo Valley, with similar drops having also taken place in Jenolan, Oxley Wild Rivers and Curracubundi national parks.
The provision of supplementary food will be accompanied by intensive feral predator control, as required.
