Captive breeding of Brush-tailed rock Wallabies

The project will fund a part-time (4 days/week) support person to maintain the Waterfall Springs breeding facility and to look after animal welfare for one year whilst longer term options for support are identified. Their role will include:
• Support the welfare of 50 captive animals that represent the insurance population for the species;
• Support the captive breeding program which is contributing to the survival of brush-tailed rock-wallabies by breeding animals to be released to the wild to bolster small colonies at high risk of extinction;
• Identify opportunities to release captive bred animals to the wild and track their progress;
• Support Waterfall Springs – a non-profit organisation working for the environment
• Work with ‘Friends of the Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby’ to achieve conservation of the species.

本项目将资助一名每周工作4天的兼职支持人员，为期一年，负责维护瀑布泉（Waterfall Springs）繁育基地，并开展动物福利管护工作，直至找到长期支持方案。其工作职责包括：
• 负责该物种50只圈养个体的福利管护工作，这些个体构成了该物种的保险种群；
• 协助圈养繁育计划：该计划通过繁育个体并放归野外以壮大面临灭绝高风险的小型种群，助力刷尾岩袋鼠（brush-tailed rock-wallabies）的存续；
• 发掘圈养繁育个体的野外放归契机，并追踪其放归后的生存进展；
• 为瀑布泉——一家致力于环境保护的非营利组织——提供支持；
• 与‘刷尾岩袋鼠之友（Friends of the Brush-tailed Rock-wallaby）’合作，推进该物种的保护工作。