Aussie Ark launches Eastern Quoll conservation campaign

Conservation organisation Aussie Ark has announced the launch of its ‘Rewild Eastern Quolls – Help us send our quolls home’ campaign through which it aims to raise $100,000 towards the release of Eastern Quolls to the south coast of NSW in 2024.

Aussie Ark Managing Director Tim Faulkner says the campaign and imminent release is “a significant project” for the nation and adds “the Eastern Quoll has been missing on mainland Australia for around 50 years. To release them back into a wilder ecosystem is history-making. It literally turns back time.”

Fifteen Eastern Quolls born in the Barrington Wildlife Sanctuary will take part in the historic release, as well as five additional animals from Tasmania. To maximise success, the quolls will be initially released into a feral-proof 80-hectare enclosure to further bolster Eastern Quoll numbers prior to beyond-the-fence reintroductions are tested.

Aussie Ark needs to raise $100,000 to ensure the success of this release. Every dollar raised will directly contribute to the campaign and help fund ongoing captive breeding efforts, and supporting pre-release activities including microchipping, food and transport, and supporting vet checks.   

Faulkner urges the public to support Aussie Ark’s ambitious mission and share the campaign.

Donations can be made via aussieark.org.au. and will enter the draw to win an accommodation package for four people at Quoll Cottage in the Barrington Tops worth $950.