Webinar - Bridled Nailtail Wallabies: back from extinction

A conversation with Dr Rachel Ladd, wildlife ecologist with Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) who has coordinated a major translocation of the endangered Bridled Nailtail Wallaby to safe havens in New South Wales. This beautiful, small wallaby was thought to be extinct until an unlikely rediscovery in 1973 gave it a second chance at survival. Today, AWC is leading efforts to rebuild several thriving populations, with a focus on healthy genetic diversity.

[@l214laus]

An interesting discussion, thanks. Cousins live along the Darling River south of Pooncarie, where I visited during the 70’s and 80’s. Pretty tough country, I thought but this Scotia Wildlife Sanctuary would be much drier and a harsher environment, I guess? I loved the subtle variations of grasses, clusters of sheoaks and iron bark trees.

[@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

Aboriginal people used to eat them in boom Times and managed the population in place you have these opportunities to spread and increase the population quick 🤔

[@lizj5740]

Dr Ladd's part of the audio is atrocious. Even with closed captions, I couldn't understand much of what she was trying to tell us. This isn't the first such poor-audio video produced by AWC webinars. Would it be possible to tape-record the distant person simultaneously, and then dub that tape recording into the video when you put it on KZbin? Cheers from Liz and Ginger (pic left) in Victoria.

[@AustralianWildlifeConservancy]

Hi Liz, thanks for the feedback. Our field teams work in remote and isolated areas of Australia where internet connection is often slow or non-existent, so we feel fortunate to connect with them for these webinars! In saying that, we acknowledge the audio in this one was not good enough and are working on a solution to ensure our audience gets the best experience possible.

[@lizj5740]

@@AustralianWildlifeConservancy Just to be clear about my suggestion, which may be unfeasible, I meant have a tape recorder at the remote location and then send the tape to AWC to dub in.

[@franciscusmagister]

yes, frustrating

[@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

​@@AustralianWildlifeConservancyhow do you not have starlink 🤔 cheeper and better

[@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

When the number's get up they will need more range to get more to breed in boom times spreading the group's has to be a priority