The Australian Walkabout Wildlife Park is celebrating National Threatened Species Day in the fi rst week of September and is encouraging children to bring in a picture of an animal they want to save.
Spotted Tail Quoll
The picture will be exchanged for a $5 Walkabout Park entry ticket with 100% of fees going toward Walkabout Park’s conservation work. National Threatened Species Day is on Sunday, September 7, the anniversary of the death of the last Tasmanian tiger. Walkabout Park head ranger Ms Karen Anderson said it was ironic that this year threatened species day falls in the middle of the two weeks of Walkabout Park’s Land and Environment Court proceedings to save Calga’s bush, wildlife, heritage and water from the destruction that would be wrought by the new Rocla sand quarry that was approved by the Planning Minister last Christmas Eve. “Walkabout Park wants to give everyone the opportunity to meet the wonderful creatures that we are trying to save, and also wants to meet and thank the thousands of local people who have been supporting Walkabout Park through this battle,” said Ms Anderson. “Walkabout Park will be putting on a special threatened species program of activities each day. Visitors will get to meet Billy bilby, his friends the tiger quolls, the koalas including our new joey, the olive python, flying foxes and dingoes, and all their other spiky, scaly, feathery and furry friends. “It’s hard to believe that, in this day and age with everything we now know, 880 Australian species are on a trajectory to become extinct, gone forever, their biggest threats being habitat destruction and the invasion of non-native species. “Almost all threatened species can be saved. “Walkabout Park’s Threatened Species Week is a great opportunity to learn about what is being done, and the things each of us can do, to help save Australia’s animals,” said Ms Anderson.
Media release,
27 Aug 2014
Andrea Young, Australian
Walkabout Wildlife Park