WIRES funded platypus centre provides a lifeline of hope to declining species
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
We are very happy to report that the world’s biggest platypus conservation centre; Platypus Rescue HQ has now welcomed its very first residents – two males and two females.
WIRES was a major funder of the facility, which includes multi-tiered streams, waterfalls and burrow-friendly earth banks, and is housed at Taronga Western Plains Zoo.
The facility was formed as a partnership between the Taronga Conservation Society, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, the University of NSW, the NSW government and WIRES, and will play a vital role in repopulating populations of platypus, a species that is terribly vulnerable to drought, megafires and floods and whose numbers have declined significantly over the past few decades.
(Above image) A platypus swimming at the Platypus Conservation Centre, which was partly funded by WIRES thanks to your support.
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WIRES funded platypus centre provides a lifeline of hope to declining species