A booming wallaby population at The Briars nature sanctuary will see Mornington Peninsula Shire councillors hold an urgent meeting about how to best manage their future. Mayor Cr Anthony Marsh called for an unscheduled online public meeting for 16 September to “urgently address animal welfare concerns at The Briars”. He said wallaby numbers had surged to around 150 despite the Mt Martha sanctuary having the capacity to sustainably hold just 30, leading to starvation and some deaths of the macropods. The Briars Wildlife Sanctuary is home to kangaroos, koalas, emus, echidnas and more. Southern brown bandicoots have also been reintroduced…
Monday, September 15
