In 2016, NSW began fencing feral cats and foxes out of three reserves; 10 years later...

Thirteen native animal species that had become locally extinct in New South Wales have returned and started breeding again across three major conservation reserves. The recovery comes a decade after state authorities built large predator-proof fences to keep out feral cats and foxes. The results come from a 10-year conservation partnership involving the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service, the Australian Wildlife Conservancy, and the University of New South Wales Wild Deserts program. Official details released in a ministerial statement by the NSW Government confirm that the state has extended the conservation agreement for another 10 years to build on the wildlife recovery network. The reintroduction work focused on three fenced sanctuaries protected from introduced predators: Mallee Cliffs National Park, the Pilliga State Conservation Area, and Sturt National Park. Before the project began in 2016, several of the species had not been seen in the wild in New South Wales for more than a century. They had disappeared from their former ranges because of feral predators and land clearing.Reintroduced marsupials breeding in predator-free zonesThe 13 species returned to the reserves...