New South Wales government has started doing food-drops, carrots and sweet potato for rock wallabies

[Beringia]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7877213/Food-supply-thousands-animals-trapped-Mallacoota-flown-planes-help-wombats-koalas.html

Aircraft are being used to feed the thousands of hungry wildlife stranded amid the Australian bushfire crisis. The New South Wales government has started doing food-drops, trickling thousands of kilograms of carrots and sweet potato from above to feed the state's colonies of brush-trailed rock wallabies.

The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service recently commenced 'Operation Rock Wallaby' to combat the at-risk nature of the state's marsupial population. The parks service has spent the past week completing the food drops for rock wallaby colonies in the Capertree and Wolgan valleys, Yengo National Park, the Kangaroo Valley, and around Jenolan, Oxley Wild Rivers and Curracubundi national parks.

In total they have dropped more than 4850 pounds of fresh vegetables for the critters. New South Wales Environment Minister Matt Kean said while the aninmals have managed to flee the fires they're left without a source of food.

[malaise]

1. Awwwwwwwwwwww

Get thee to the greatest page

[SMC22307]

2. Poor babies! So glad to hear this is being done to help them. (n/t)

[wendyb-NC]

3. What a great effort to help these poor sweet creatures.

What a heartbreaking, horrific situation, in Australia.

[lunatica]

4. Excellent idea.

[lame54]

5. So simple yet brilliant

[PatSeg]

6. Some wonderful photos!

Thanks for posting.

[Dem2theMax]

7. Have we ever done anything like this in the United States?

I live in fire area, and I have seen migration patterns change due to loss of habitat. All of a sudden I would see animals that had never been in my area, and I knew they were looking for food. I don't remember ever hearing of us taking care of wild animals like this.

Yay for Australia for doing something so wonderful in the middle of something so horrible.

[Beringia]

9. I don't know if we have done this in US

I think they feed elk in some areas in winter.

[PatrickforO]

8. They need to get that coal guy out of the prime minister slot. I'd say we've definitely

reached a critical mass in the way people are viewing climate change.

Wallabies sure are cute. I'm glad the Australian government has remembered the animals.

[Demovictory9]

10. love it