'Fit and feisty' bandicoot released into wild after world-first breeding programme
- Posted on April 24, 2026
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'Fit and feisty' bandicoot released into wild after world-first breeding programme
The eastern barred bandicoot was declared extinct in the wild in 1991, but a world-first gene-mixing conservation breeding programme has given it a second chance at survival in Australia.
