Work is underway on Rottnest Island to establish a new monitoring program for the world’s happiest animal, the quokka.
Research conducted in collaboration with The University of Western Australia over a three-year period, identified benchmarks and sustainable management practices for the quokka.
The Rottnest Island Authority is now taking this work further by establishing a long-term Quokka Monitoring Program with consideration for wider community science volunteering opportunities.
Money raised through sales of The Margaret River Chocolate Company’s Chokka the Quokka will help fund the new monitoring program due to start in spring.
Since 2017, the Chokka the Quokka initiative has helped raise more than $10,000 with $2 from every sale donated to the Rottnest Foundation for quokka conservation.
In addition, for the first time, Chokka the Quokka will be available to buy on Rottnest Island, just in time for Easter.
For more information, visit http://www.chocolatefactory.com.au/quokka