Bush's Big Brother

 

11 September 2012

 

Two hundred wildlife scientists from more than a dozen countries are gathering this week in Sydney for a world-first Camera Trapping Colloquium in order to conserve and protect wildlife around the globe.

 

Australians are renowned for their rapid uptake of technology. Adoption of camera traps to monitor wildlife has happened at warp speed in Australia, particularly in the last three years, and the world is beating a path to our door to collaborate.

Camera trapping is cutting-edge technology and uses remotely-placed heat-sensing cameras to take photos and videos of animals, without the need for people to be present. Species being monitored by camera traps to be discussed at the Colloquium include mallefowls in Western Australia’s wheatbelt, Tasmanian devils, feral camels in Central Australia, endangered rock wallabies, the Spotted-tail Quoll, the bare-nosed wombat, the endangered Leadbeater’s possum, bandicoots, feral goats, rodents, feral cats, red foxes and sambar deer, among many other species.

 

The Colloquium is co-hosted by the Australasian Wildlife Management Society and the Royal Zoological Society of NSW in collaboration with the Invasive Animals CRC, NSW Department of Primary Industries and sponsors including the WWF Australia.

 

Download the media release below for more information.