By Renae Riviere | State Manager
Thanks for your incredibly generous support of our wombat program over the past few years. Our program is ending now, but the part we have played in the development of a simple survey technique and in training local volunteers and community groups in mange surveying is invaluable. With your help, we have now created a huge community of people who can assist in identifying wombats with mange around the state – what a wonderful legacy!
Throughout the course of this project, we surveyed 2,005 wombats, assessed 1,725 for mange and calculated that for the sites we surveyed, the average mange prevalence was 2.3%, which is great news for wombats!
As the program moves into the next phase, from surveying to management, our project partner The University of Tasmania, is now conducting safety trials on a new drug that will potentially provide a long acting, single dose treatment for mange affected wombats. If successful, this will be a real game changer in the way mange in managed in the wild. We look forward to seeing the results at the end of the safety trials.
Once again, thank you for supporting our project and helping to provide a future for the wombats.
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