00:00 From locally extinct to this moment.
00:07 Golden bandicoots touching down in the desert lands they once roamed.
00:11 Nearly 9,500 hectares of predator-free land at New Haven Sanctuary, a safe haven for a strong future.
00:19 The journey long and rewarding.
00:21 It's been really emotional for that whole process, being able to see them, find them, see them process and then deliver them on this end.
00:32 Extensive efforts by ecologists and rangers in the Kimberley, ensuring the population is strong enough to share.
00:39 To be able to do the survey and know that there was enough to be able to help out and bring them back to other areas of their country was a really cool experience.
00:48 A significant moment between custodians of country while pre-elders reunited with creatures they haven't seen since they were children.
00:57 It's good to see the people from here happy, especially the old people, to have bandicoots again.
01:05 The golden bandicoots have travelled over a thousand kilometres to their new home here at New Haven Sanctuary, a significant step to revive the population.
01:15 Forty of the cute creatures released this week, with another 60 to come, joining seven other species reintroduced at the safe haven.
01:24 It's really, really cool that they're back here and we hope that the population here will be able to adapt to the arid environment.
01:31 The work already underway, with two young birthed during the flight, an encouraging sign.
01:37 What we sort of aim to do here is to reintroduce these animals back to the former landscape, which has a lot of conservation purposes but also cultural significance as well.
01:49 A golden creature with a bright future.
01:52 future.
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