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Climate Disasters Prompt Australia s First Platypus Refuge – Courthouse News Service

(Taronga Conservation Society Australia via Courthouse News) SYDNEY (AFP) The world’s first dedicated platypus refuge will be established to rescue the unique Australian animals from climate change-fueled crises, as bushfires and drought increasingly threaten their habitat. Taronga Zoo announced it will build the facility in Dubbo, five hours northwest of Sydney, to provide emergency care to the river-dwelling, duck-billed mammals when disasters strike. With capacity to house up to 65 platypuses, it will also be used as a research facility to study the reproductive biology of the egg-laying animals, which are notoriously difficult to breed in captivity. Phoebe Meagher, a wildlife conservation officer at Taronga, said the project was prompted by a prolonged drought and Australia’s 2019-2020 “Black Summer” of bushfires that devastated platypus habitats.

Australia to open world s first platypus sanctuary in fight to save species

Australia to open world’s first platypus sanctuary in fight to save species Ella Glover © Provided by The Independent Australia is set to open the world’s first platypus sanctuary in order to help the native species from going extinct. The duck-billed platypus, a species unique to Australia, is facing extinction due to bush fires and drought linked to the climate crisis. By 2022, the Taronga Conservation Society Australia and the New South Wales State government will open the specialist facility at a zoo 391km from Sydney. The facility will consist mostly of ponds and burrows for the semiaquatic creatures. The refuge will be the first of its kind around the world and will hold up to 65 platypuses in time of crisis.

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