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Australian Noah’s Ark Programme Combats Cane Toad
Sydney, Australia - Australian conservationists are combating an invasion of poisonous cane toads through a modern-day Noah's Ark programme, taking pairs of endangered animals to toad-free islands to breed safely.
Under "Project Island Ark" a pair of quoll, think of a small house cat with spots, and a pair of golden bandicoots were relocated to the toad-free English Company Islands off Australia's north coast and are now breeding happily.
"The quolls are now in the third generation on the islands and are in better health and condition than those on the mainland," programme's director Rob Taylor told Reuters.