Biological Resurgence
The baiting, aimed for all introduced predators, but unfortunately primarily targeting only foxes, lead to a huge increase in native species populations in the 1990s. The natural recovery of species, for example, trap success rates for medium-sized mammals (particularly Woylies) in the Jarrah forest of Kingston Block, near Manjimup, revealed a sevenfold increase in native mammals since baiting began in 1993 in the following five years. Complimenting the natural recovery of species has been the conservation induced reintroductions and translocations. Theses involve reintroducing native species into ecosystems where they were previously found but have since become locally extinct, then Western Shield could either reintroduce animals from breeding programs, or directly translocate the animal from high self-sustaining populations elsewhere in the south west. Western Shield has carried out many translocations, both to other DEC managed lands, to the privately owned conservation sanctuaries of the Australian Wildlife Conservancy, or to other state’s conservation lands, or even islands.
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