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Our animals are in danger! Protect our wildlife

The children’s book Hairy nose, itchy butt light-heartedly addresses a serious problem, the struggles of the critically endangered northern hairy-nosed wombat.

The isolation of Australian wildlife for thousands of years has made our animals even more vulnerable to changes to the ecosystem and as a result many Australian species are endangered or have already become extinct. As part of Threatened Species Day, Dr David Taggart, associate professor of wildlife biology and conservation, Elly Hampton, early childhood educator at St Joseph’s Primary School, Kylie Soanes, conservation biologist, Rachel Iglesias, veterinary officer, and Erin Hahn, postdoctoral research fellow at CSIRO, will share why our fauna is in danger and what we, our children and the entire Australian society can and must do to protect our wildlife.

Date: 7 September 2021

Time: 11am - 12:30pm AEDT

Due to a large panel of experts, this webinar will be extended to 90 minutes. However, please don’t worry if you are only available for the first 60 minutes! You will have plenty of time to submit your questions and will be provided with the recording.

Objectives:

Sharing facts and figure about threatened species in Australia
Outlining the reasons for endangerment and extinction and what has to happen to stop this trend
Providing hands-on ideas on how to kindle children’s interest in the protection of threatened species

The webinar is scheduled to run for one hour and includes a Q&A session.

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Questions? Email us at workshops@littlescientists.org.au.