Odd couple paired together in world-first to protect endangered species

By Alana Schetzer
Updated December 14 2014 - 2:08am, first published 12:15am
Unlikely match: Guardian dogs are being trained - initially with plush toys - to protect endangered eastern barred bandicoots before they are released into the wild together. Photo: Chris Hopkins
Unlikely match: Guardian dogs are being trained - initially with plush toys - to protect endangered eastern barred bandicoots before they are released into the wild together. Photo: Chris Hopkins

It sounds like the plot of a Disney movie - vulnerable critters who need to be released into the wild are at risk from foxes and other predators, so a group of fluffy dogs are sent out to protect them.

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