A quite long article about an attempt to reintroduce several locally-extinct species of marsupials to the Sturt National Park in NSW. There haven't been wild Bilbies in the state for over a century.
Bilby bounces back
"Initially, about 10 bilbies will undergo a breeding program in a 110-hectare sanctuary at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo. In 2019, 30 or so of these bilbies will be transported to Sturt and released into two 20-square-kilometre, fenced exclosures from which every single cat and fox has been removed."
"Seven native mammal species – the Greater Bilby, Burrowing Bettong, Stick-nest Rat, Western Barred Bandicoot, Golden Bandicoot, Western Quoll and Crest-tailed Mulgara – have been chosen for the rewilding project at Sturt."
Bilby bounces back
"Initially, about 10 bilbies will undergo a breeding program in a 110-hectare sanctuary at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo. In 2019, 30 or so of these bilbies will be transported to Sturt and released into two 20-square-kilometre, fenced exclosures from which every single cat and fox has been removed."
"Seven native mammal species – the Greater Bilby, Burrowing Bettong, Stick-nest Rat, Western Barred Bandicoot, Golden Bandicoot, Western Quoll and Crest-tailed Mulgara – have been chosen for the rewilding project at Sturt."