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April 2003: Next QSN meeting at Brisbane Forest Park HQ at 9.00am, April 26.
Feb 2003: Next QSN and PET meeting February 27 - Brisbane Forest Park HQ at 5.00pm. Next QSN Newsletter due March 19th.
April 2003: Next QSN Meeting. Details to be announced.
Dec 2002: Come to Brisbane Forest Park to see the new quoll breeding enclosure.
Sept 2002: Good News for Quolls
There is some anecdotal evidence from Lamington NP that Spotted-tailed quolls have finally learned to cope with the cane toad menace. It seems that the quolls have learned to turn the toads inside out by holding down their upper jaw and lifting the lower jaw to open them up in order to reach the non-toxic internal organs.
A recent study in northern NSW found that Spotted-tailed quolls were unlikely to take 1080 fox baits. The baits are usually used to poison wild dogs and foxes but there has been much contention in recent years on their effect on native wildlife. The study followed 56 radio collared quolls in an area that was subsequently baited. Although the quolls did interact with the baits (moving them and/or burying them) none of the baits were consumed to the best of the researchers knowledge. But the most interesting thing was that all of the quolls survived the baiting program. None of the radio tracked quolls succumbed to the baiting program. While this is promising, more work needs to be carried out. Gerhard K & Gresser S (2002)
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