Hi, A recent supreme court case was fought around a number of endangered species in Victoria. I don't know how many of them have specimens in zoos, but I was hoping to find some time to try to find out and get some shots and video. The two main charismatic ones are:
- the spot-tailed quoll (aka tiger quoll) - the long-footed potoroo Other important species that played roles in the recent court case (Environment East Gippsland v VicForests) are: giant burrowing frog, large brown tree frog (Litoria littlejohni), Sooty Owl, Powerful Owl, Greater Glider, Square-tailed kite, Orbost spiny crayfish, Brown Mountain crayfish (newly discovered, and still in the process of being described...this last one definitely won't be at zoos), Other topics of interest include: hollow bearing trees, as many of our endangered species rely on tree hollows either for shelter or for prey (or both). I've started [[tree hollow]], but it could use a boost; and Australia's logging industry which is both a major threat to endangered species and also may play a role in conservation as they move to plantation-based production: e.g. the major deal in Tasmania happening right now, which may see the end of native forest logging in Tasmania (also home to Tiger Quolls), and there's some talk of a similar deal in Victoria. The tiger quoll in particular could use some new images, and can probably be found at zoos? It's mainland Australia's largest carnivore marsupial and is the mainland population is particularly endangered. Chris Belcher has a good write up about them and their current status here: http://eastgippsland.net.au/files/Spot-tailed_quoll_Belcher_December_2009.pdf I think we should be capable of taking some points out of the document for Wikipedia and getting some new shots of quolls, and improving some of the other articles. If anyone wants to organise a trip to any of Melbourne's zoos, I'm in. Also, despite being the photographer for the Leadbeater's Possum single pic on Wikipedia, I'd really love to see it replaced with a photo of one which wasn't stuffed. Leadbeater's Possum is Victoria's faunal emblem (and is highly endangered). Peter Halasz User:Pengo _______________________________________________ Wikimediaau-l mailing list Wikimediaau-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
