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Conservationists are up in arms after a prescribed burn in the South West decimated one of only two numbat habitats left in Western Australia.
Key points:
- Conservationists are furious after the DBCA dropped incendiaries into a numbat habitat from a helicopter
- The blaze was described by an onlooker as an “inferno” that totally devastated the bush
- The DBCA insists precautions were taken and many numbats would have survived the blaze
The burn – lit by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (DBCA) in Perup, east of Manjimup, on March 25 – scorched nearly 1,900 hectares of forest.
“I’ve got grave concerns,” farmer Bill Smart said.
“I can’t imagine any [numbats] survived.
