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Photo © John McCannWildlife Queensland will ask Queenslanders to 'Adopt a Quoll' in a wildlife sponsorship launch to coincide with the 2009 Threatened Species Day expo on 7 September in the Queen Street Mall in Brisbane's CBD.
'The spotted-tailed quoll, Australia's largest mainland marsupial predator, is a hidden wildlife treasure threatened by loss of its natural habitat,' said Doreen Payne, spokesperson for Wildlife Queensland.
'The Adopt a Quoll program will raise Queenslanders' awareness of the plight of the State's endangered species and raise funds to support the wildlife projects of Wildlife Queensland,' said Ms Payne.
'By symbolically adopting a quoll, we hope people will feel more closely involved with all the wonderful but threatened wildlife of Queensland.'
People will be able to 'adopt a quoll' for a minimum tax-deductible donation of $60 a year.
Donors will receive a complimentary quoll kit with an 'adoption certificate', fridge magnet, an electronic quoll information book, and colour brochures with information about spotted-tailed quolls and how to enjoy living alongside quolls.
The funds raised will help Wildlife Queensland's work in raising awareness about conservation of wildlife and habitat in the State, specifically the work supporting camera surveys and working with communities in quoll-habitat areas.
'Spotted-tailed quolls are found quite close to Brisbane in the North Beaudesert area, the Granite Belt and the Scenic Rim where they live in rainforest as well as dry and wet eucalypt forests', said Ms Payne.
'There are also populations in Far North Queensland where they can be found alongside the northern quoll.'
For more information on Wildlife Queensland's activities, call us on +61 7 3221 0194 or send us an email. |
