The Threat of Habitat Loss Northern hairy-nosed wombats originally inhabited the east coast of Australia, stretching from Queensland to Victoria ... the land into Epping Forest National Park ...

While native wildlife is protected in Victoria, people can obtain a permit to kill, trap or move on a destructive animal. In 2023, more than 1900 wombats were authorised to be slaughtered.

I ran, not to rip the joey away from its mother, but from fear she might attack me,” Sam Jones, who also uses the name ...