Trowunna Wildlife Park
The Trowunna Wildlife Park , also Trowunna Wildlife Sanctuary (or Trowunna for short ), is a wildlife park and animal sanctuary in the north of the Australian state of Tasmania , known for breeding the endangered marsupial devil , also known as the Tasmanian devil ( Sarcophilus harrisii ).
location
The Trowunna Wildlife Park is located west of the city of Launceston and a few kilometers from the town of Mole Creek Station. It is privately owned, has existed since about 1979 and covers an area of over 26 hectares .
Activity and tasks
In Trowunna Wildlife Park a wide range of living marsupials, birds and reptiles; the primary goal is to protect this wildlife and the Tasmanian flora and fauna as a whole. Mainly endemic, i. H. mainly native to Tasmania. Among the approximately 40 species are, inter alia, giant Quolls ( Dasyurus maculatus ), eastern quoll ( Dasyurus viverrinus ) Nacktnasenwombat ( Vombatus ursinus ), Red-necked Wallaby ( Macropus rufogriseus ) pseudocheiridae (Pseudocheiridae) Kusus ( Trichosurus ), Tasmanian perameles ( Perameles gunnii ) Filander ( Thylogale ), short-beaked echidna ( Tachyglossus aculeatus ), Eastern Gray kangaroo ( Macropus giganteus ), tiger snake ( Notechis scutatus ) Cape Barren goose ( Cereopsis novaehollandiae ), wedge-tailed eagle ( Aquila audax ) Kookaburra ( Laughing Kookaburra ), etc .; many of these species have become rare or are even considered threatened. Protection or breeding programs have been designed for most of them, and if the forecasts are positive, they will be prepared and released for careful release into the wild.
Tasmanian Devil Rescue Program
The main focus of the work is the conservation of the Tasmanian devil ( Sarcophilus harrisii ). Almost exterminated, it has been under protection since 1941, but since the end of the 20th century it has been severely threatened by the disease Devil Facial Tumor Disease (DFTD) and decimated in the wild.
In 2005 the Australian Government (Ministry of the Environment, Parks and Heritage) and the Tasmanian government initiated the Save the Tasmanian Devil Program (STDP). It is thanks to the STDP program that since 2005 the number of specimens living in human care ( captive population ) has been expanded. The concept of the captive population was worked out in detail at a workshop in Hobart in 2008. At the suggestion of the Captive Breeding Specialist Group (CBSG) and the Zoo and Aquarium Association (ZAA), it was decided that the rescue program should effectively have 500 healthy specimens (this number was reached in May 2013) in order to preserve the integrity of the species for the next Years to guarantee. In order to compensate for the risk of infection with Devil Facial Tumor Disease, there would have to be 1500 specimens.
Trowunna Park occupies an important place in this program and is one of the most successful institutions of its kind. The Tasmanian Devil breeding program, which has been practiced in Trowunna Park since 1985 and comprises approximately 16 generations of the Tasmanian devil, is the only one that has been carried out on all three previous Relocation actions (Maria Island, Peninsula Devil Conservation Project and Wild Devil Recovery in Narawntapu) were involved. Courses and support for zoos and similar places are also offered in Trowunna.
Bag marten rescue program and others
Attention is also directed to other endangered animal species, including two representatives of the bag marten, also called quolls ( Dasyurus ): the giant bag marten ( Dasyurus maculatus ) and the spotted marten ( Dasyurus viverrinus ). In March 2018, 40 specimens of the spotted marten, which is also classified as endangered by the World Conservation Union , were relocated to the Booderee National Park in southern Australia (New South Wales). The animals were flown in from Trowunna Wildlife Park and Devils at Cradle Wildlife Park (in Cradle Mountain , not far from Trowunna Park). Another 40 animals each are to follow in 2019 and 2020.
In addition, breeding programs for bare-nosed wombat, red-necked wallaby, kusus, ring-baggers and some birds of prey run in the Trowuna Wildlife Park.
In spring 2016, Trowunna Park was praised for its commitment and its breeding successes as well as reintroduction campaigns at the annual conference of the Zoo Aquarium Association (ZAA) in Perth in a brief statement by the Tasmanian government.
Eastern gray giant kangaroo
Short-billed hedgehog
Laughing Hans (Kookaburra)
Wedge-tailed eagle
Chicken goose
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Trowunna Wildlife Park , brief description on the Mole Creek website, online at: molecularreek.net/…
- ↑ a b c Trowunna Wildlife Park , online (archived) at: think-tasmania.com/…
- ↑ Trowunna is a Wildlife Sanctuary with a difference , online at: www.trowunna.com.au/…about-us
- ↑ a b Sanctuary. A conservation based sanctuary for native wildlife , online at: www.trowunna.com.au/…sanctuary
- ↑ Devil Facial Tumor Disease , online (archived) at: adelaide.edu.au/
- ↑ a b Tasmanian Devil Insurance Population , Report of the Zoo and Aquarium Association (ZAA), online (archived on wayback) at: web.archive.org / ...
- ↑ Wild Devil Recovery , website of the Save the Tasmanian Devil Program (a project of the Australian and Tasmanian governments), online at: tassiedevil.com.au/…/wild…
- ↑ Captive population , website of the Save the Tasmanian Devil Program (a project of the Australian and Tasmanian governments), online at: tassiedevil.com.au/…/captive…
- ↑ a b Conservation. The Role of Zoos , online at: trowunna.com.au/…conservation
- ↑ a b Trowunna Receives Recognition of Contribution to Devil Conservation , online at: trowunna.com.au/…/WtEXyJdCSUl
- ↑ a b Save the Tasmanian Devil Program acknowledges 10 years of support , website of the Save the Tasmanian Devil Program (a project of the Australian and Tasmanian governments), online at: tassiedevil.com.au/…
- ↑ Small and spotty: Spotted martens are returning to mainland Australia , in: National Geographic , March 2018 (German online edition), online at: nationalgeographic.de/…
- ↑ Quolls to be reintroduced to the mainland in the wilds of Booderee , in The Canberra Times , December 31, 2017, online at: canberratimes.com.au/…
Web links
- tassiedevil.com.au/… Save the Tasmanian Devil Program , website of the STDP project (English)
- Zoo website (English)
Coordinates: 41 ° 33 ′ 4 ″ S , 146 ° 27 ′ 21 ″ E