Australia uses conservation laws to successfully increase the number of endangered bridle-tailed kangaroos

Xinhua News Agency, Sydney, June 3 (Liu Shiyue) Researchers at the University of New South Wales in Australia have used captive conservation measures to increase the number of endangered species, the bridle-tailed kangaroo.

The researchers kept the bridle-tailed kangaroo cubs weighing less than 3 kg in a protected area in Queensland, Australia, until they were released into the wild when they became adults.

Studies have shown that in the natural environment, more than half of the bridle-tailed kangaroo cubs die from predation by Australian wildcats, but when the bridle-tailed kangaroo reaches adulthood, its survival rate can reach 80%.

The first author of the paper, Alexandra Rose, told the media that the cubs of the bridle-tailed kangaroo usually only live for a few months or a year in the above-mentioned reserve.

The bridle-tailed kangaroo is a small kangaroo animal with a body length of about 1 meter.