Wallabies: 'We need to know more about them'

Further studies to be carried out into affect of non-native population

It's said more research needs to be done before any decisions are made around the future of the Island's wallaby population.

Around 570 Red-Necked Wallabies call the Ballaugh Curraghs home after escaping from the Wildlife Park sometime around the 1960s.

That number was recorded earlier this year after a thermal imaging survey was carried out by the Manx Wildlife Trust.

MWT CEO, Leigh Morris, says they now need to find out if the species is having an impact on the Island's Hen Harrier population:

Kathleen Graham, Park Manager at the Curraghs Wildlife Park, says, due to the effects of climate change, it could be important to host a 'back-up population' of wallabies on the Island:

You can hear both interviews in full via Manx Radio's Newscast.