QLD: Park shows off bouncing baby bilby triplets

AAP General News (Australia)
02-21-2008
QLD: Park shows off bouncing baby bilby triplets

By Crystal Ja

GOLD COAST, Feb 21 AAP - A set of furry, long-nosed triplets has made Queensland Sustainability
Minister Andrew McNamara a very happy man, while also marking the success of a bilby breeding
program.

Mr McNamara came nose-to-nose with three bilby joeys today at the David Fleay Wildlife
Park on the Gold Coast - the first to be born in captivity at the government-funded sanctuary.

The four-and-a-half-month-old greater bilbies - Rupert, Leroy and their sister Honey
- will be introduced into the wild in several weeks, as part of …