A Southern Brown Bandicoot that was found injured in the Roe 8 construction site in early February has been rehabilitated and released in Bibra Lake by local wildlife organisation Native ARC.
The young male bandicoot was hospitalised for four weeks after he was found by a Roe 8 contractor with wounds to his back and rump, eye injuries and suffering dehydration.
Bandicoots have been trapped by Roe 8 contractors since clearing began last year and relocated to Mandurah. But Native ARC manager Dean Huxley said: “These animals are territorial and when introduced in large numbers to new environments overcrowding occurs and their chances of survival are very low.”
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