Possum Wars
When possums and people vie for real estate β itβs war!
245 Albert St
Brunswick
Victoria 3056
Australia
PO Box 418
Brunswick
Victoria 3056
Australia
360 Degree Film’s latest documentary Possum Wars is set to screen Sunday night on SVT Sweden. Developed with the assistance of Film Victoria and Screen Australia, and directed by Bruce Permezel, Possum Wars offers an intimate and irresistible glimpse into the private world of Australia’s most unwanted marsupial and its battle to survive in the big city.
The Devils released on Maria Island are successfully breeding, with 15 babies found in pouches so far.
It’s a crucial milestone in the fight to save their species from extinction, and is the first time devils raised in captivity have given birth in the wild, free from the deadly facial tumour disease that has ravaged the wild population on mainland Tasmania.
Sally has just returned from filming for Acid Ocean in the USA. She was in Santa Barbara meeting scientist Dr Gretchen Hofman who has discovered that red sea urchins are adapting to the more corrosive ocean waters of the Californian coast.
She was also filming in Willapa and Netarts Bay Oregon where the oyster industry has been experiencing mass larvae death due to low pH waters.