SMALL STEPS, BIG NOTES

Recently landed: Small steps, big notes

Seeing the beauty and abundance of the soft-release site, for our fifth group of Ringtail possums with Koala Clancy, always helps make the transition from care to soft-release so much easier. Knowing what awaits them as they leave the trailer, and imaging how that might feel after 6-months raised in care, it is an exciting time for them. A rich, sensory world awaits.

Continuing reading on Marginalia.

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2nd of October, 2024

Today was a big day for Linus, Sylvie, and Lute, as they began their soft-release chapter, at a different part of the Koala Clancy property to previous releases, made possible by the teamwork of Janine, Gloria and Peter, and the two of us. The view from the roof of one of the newly installed possum boxes revealed a view less familiar to the humans, and it was expansive, verdant, and comforting, for, when we open the soft-release enclosure, after the possums have become familiar and settled in their new environment, there is so, so much for them to explore and inhabit.