Victoria’s most endangered mammal may have survived Grampians bushfires

Four southern brush-tailed rock wallabies have been sighted, raising hopes that a colony may have survived the Grampians bushfires.

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00:00So, we know that the Brushtail Rock Wallaby colony has been impacted by the fires and

00:11we know that it did burn quite hot through that area.

00:29The critical focus for us is getting in there as quickly as possible to make sure that we've

00:33got enough food and supplements for those animals to survive.

00:37They can be quite clever in protecting themselves from the initial fire and then that's why

00:42it is so critical to get in there as quickly as possible to make sure that they have enough

00:47food.

00:48We know that the fire's gone through and we know that food will be scarce, so the team

00:52have been developing food packages, care packages.