Faunae
The Adelaide Advertiser reported on Monday 1 October 2007 that the black-flanked rock wallaby, known as 'warru' to the local population, faced extinction and 15 of the wallabies had been transferred from an undisclosed location on the APY Lands and also from Pukatja to Monarto Zoo. The article claimed there were only approximately 50 of the animals left in the wild. Work in monitoring the species' survival was said to involve Aboriginal trackers and schoolchildren from Pukatja to help track the wallabies' movements.
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