'Insurance policy' hoping to protect quolls if bird flu arrives in ACT
Wildlife officers at Canberra's Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary are constructing 16 quarantine pens to protect eastern quolls amid fears of the H5 bird flu arriving. Jason Cummings, CEO of the Woodlands and Wetlands Trust, warned the strain could 'decimate' local quoll populations already listed as endangered. The pens serve as an insurance policy to assist in future species re-establishment.
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Published 26 Jun 2026, 07:29 UTC · Updated 26 Jun 2026, 07:41 UTC
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