❓ A parliamentary question regarding the translocation of endangered marsupials from Barrow Island due to oil and gas industry activities, and the subsequent survival rates, particularly in Cape Range National Park. The Minister denies that all translocated animals to Cape Range were killed by foxes.
AnsweredQoN 2477Legislative Council
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Regarding the translocation of endangered marsupials from Barrow Island, to make way for the oil and gas industry, I ask -
(1) How many animals were translocated?
(2) Have you been briefed, on the results of this part of the translocation?
(3) Can you confirm, that all of the animals translocated to Cape Range National Park, have been killed by foxes?
(1) How many animals were translocated?
(2) Have you been briefed, on the results of this part of the translocation?
(3) Can you confirm, that all of the animals translocated to Cape Range National Park, have been killed by foxes?
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Answered
10 August 2010
Responded by
Minister for Environment
Response time
56 days
(1) In February 2010, 325 golden bandicoots, 111 brushtail possums, 104 spectacled hare-wallabies and 65 boodies were translocated from Barrow Island variously to Lorna Glen in the Goldfields, Hermite Island and Cape Range National Park. The BarrowIslandtranslocation program is one of the biggest ever undertaken in Australiaand will provide a significant conservation gain for Western Australia.
(2)-(3) I have been advised by the Department of Environment and Conservation that this is not the case.
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(2)-(3) I have been advised by the Department of Environment and Conservation that this is not the case.
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