Threatened species to bounce back in Australian state as rewilding sites expand

STORY: Threatened species to bounce back in Australian state as rewilding sites expand DATELINE: Sept. 9, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:58 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: various of people sending animals back to natural environment STORYLINE: Over 50 threatened species are expected to thrive in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), as a successful rewilding project which has reintroduced 10 locally extinct species in NSW national parks is about to expand. The state government said on Wednesday that the three existing feral predator-free sites in NSW national parks have reintroduced and increased the population of some species which previously disappeared locally, including Australia's iconic bilby and bridled nailtail wallaby. The project now will expand its scale, adding four new fenced sites in NSW national parks and expanding the total fox and cat-free area on the national park estate to almost 65,000 hectares. In NSW, 14 bird species and 26 mammals have become extinct in t