New Holland mouse breeding program

The New Holland Mouse is a native species that once lived across Australia but over years their populations have shrank into smaller, fragmented groups, leaving them vulnerable.

First the drought, and then the devastating bushfires swept across much of the habitat where the fragmented populations of the New Holland Mouse remained, putting even more pressure on their survival.

The ZAA Drought and Bushfire Appeal will fund the Moonlit Sanctuary Wildlife Conservation Park to establish a larger, long-term breed-for-release program for the New Holland Mouse including upgraded facilities with predator-proof fencing, expert keeper care and a population viability analysis.