A baby bettong has been spotted in a protected New South Wales (NSW) habitat after dozens of the native marsupials were reintroduced to the state’s wilderness.
The discovery of the youngster, which has been named Bella, has been hailed as an exciting and vital step in “turning back the tide of extinctions.”
Bella was found after the reintroduction last year of 55 bettongs to the Pilliga State Conservation Area, west of Narrabri in the North West Plains region.
The animals were raised in Western Australia and re-homed in a collaboration between the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service and Australian Wildlife Conservancy….