The Middle Island Project is a great success! 😍🐾🐧 Dogs & humans are doing an amazing job and we hope that they can continue their conservation work for many more years! 👉🏼You can support the unique project here: www.warrnamboolpenguins.com.au 🦊 For more adorable canines watch our „Cute fox babies underground“: kzread.info/dash/bejne/p32GwdiMgqS5qLA.html 💫 For more inspiring stories check out our 'Back from the Brink' series: rb.gy/rutb6

@rjung_ch

Жыл бұрын

Was it the Europeans, or more specific the Brits who brought the foxes? I say it was the Brits. They made such a mess of the planet.

@BiodiWerWieWas

Жыл бұрын

Hey friends, Lillian also told me that they are offering educational tours. So if you want to meet one of the Maremma dogs ( & learn more about the penguins) you can book a guided tour ;)

Thank you for convincing me that dogs and little penguins deserve to inherit the earth because of how unbelievably fascinating and adorable they are together

@terramater

Жыл бұрын

A perfect match! 🐾🐧

@zes7215

4 күн бұрын

wrg

I've known dogs guard sheep and other livestock from predators but never imagined they would b protecting tiny Lil penguins. Thank you Terra Mater for another great video.

@terramater

Жыл бұрын

It’s a world first in conservation, so the dogs from Middle Island are true pioneers! 💫🐾

@BiodiWerWieWas

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Steve! 🤗

what a great result for the penguins,and the Dogs are Beautiful.

@terramater

Жыл бұрын

It really is a great success story! 💫

Such cute little dinosaurs. Cute doggies too. Even the foxes are cute.

@terramater

Жыл бұрын

Fluffiness overload 🐾

Some dogs, really proves themselves as profesional guardian along human history. Ooh, I'll going to rent and watching that movie, thanks for the info

@terramater

Жыл бұрын

Indeed! Always welcome; enjoy the film! And if you ever visit Warrnambool keep in mind that you can book a guided tour and meet one of the Maremmas. 🐾

Always thought that DOG is the highest form of life on Earth 😍I want to understand one part, did the entire penguin population recover from just four survivors?

@terramater

Жыл бұрын

No, not only from four. New ones arrived on the island. Little penguins spend most of their time out at sea. The colony recovered because the penguins which arrived on the island were now safe and sound (since the dogs arrived on the island).

Thats not a normal human these type of humans are legends and the only reason why humanity as we know it exists and anything good .

@terramater

Жыл бұрын

They are doing an amazing work! If you want to support The Middle Island Project follow the link in our pinned comment! 🤗

A very nice adaptation and solution!

@terramater

Жыл бұрын

Indeed! And it‘s an inspiration for other conservation projects. 💫

Great story, thanks for sharing!

@terramater

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! 🤗

@BiodiWerWieWas

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! 🤗

What an absolute smile of a story - thanks ever so much!

@terramater

Жыл бұрын

Hi John! Thnak you for watching it! 🐧🐶

great needed some good news today! and some to see some cute doggos can never hurt :)

Amazing story. Thank you for sharing

@terramater

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Very good natural idea to conserve a species.

@terramater

Жыл бұрын

Indeed!

@BiodiWerWieWas

Жыл бұрын

True that! 💫

This is a really interesting video! So cute.

@terramater

Жыл бұрын

Glad you think so, thanks! 🤗

Great!

@terramater

Жыл бұрын

It really is!

I am moved by these dogs. Most remarkable.

@terramater

Жыл бұрын

They are the best! ❤️🐶

God bless you & little penguins in the island& and the dogs who r taking care of them. Exlent presentation

@terramater

Жыл бұрын

It's really an amazing job!! 🙌

You forgot one very important point ... How do we help this movement? I like Foxes too though ;P

@terramater

Жыл бұрын

Hey Vevoden! Glad that you want to help! You can find the link in the pinned comment & in the videos description. 🤗

Beautiful that man has some good ideas that benefit nature

@terramater

9 ай бұрын

Hi Richard! Totally! And super inspiring, right?

@richardlilley6274

9 ай бұрын

@@terramater yeah man helping others Rather than helping himself... That's the way to turn things around

This is awesome!

@terramater

8 ай бұрын

Right?! It's such a sweet and fascinating story!

Good job they removed the signs before introducing the dogs. Dogs respect signs and would not want to break the law

@terramater

11 ай бұрын

Dogs are friends of the law

This is so very awesome!! I love it!

@terramater

11 ай бұрын

We're happy to hear that! Thanks for watching! 🐶🐧

blessed be Swampy.

@terramater

Жыл бұрын

And he shall bless you ;)

Great story!

@terramater

11 ай бұрын

Great to hear that, Michael! Thanks for watching 🐧🐶

I wonder if they could be used to incresse the penguin range

Give me this job 🥺

@terramater

Жыл бұрын

It’s a 10/10, right? 🙌🏽

@bedantamadhabgogoi

Жыл бұрын

Yes ✋

It looks like my baby runner ducks.

Great video! Would you happen to know if they need extra hands? 🤪

@terramater

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! 🙌

@BiodiWerWieWas

Жыл бұрын

Hey Dani, hehe, good question! ;) Lillian told me that she would rate her job as 11/10, so it looks like it's really a dream job. Currently there are no open job positions, but you can book a guided tour and meet the maremmas in real life.😍 Just check the link in the pinned comment above.

Hii, great vid! Questions for the future. Is there any plans to expand the reach of the program? For example, could this method be applied to the rest of the colonies on the continent? And meaby even other penguin species colonies, on other parts of the world? Ps: whats the state of the invasive species? Are they managing to diminish them?

@terramater

Жыл бұрын

Hey Federico, glad you asked! :) The Middle Island Project is a huge success and conservationists see it as an inspiration for other endangered species. The best thing is that the method is not limited to penguins, Maremma dogs could also protect other species. Talking about the numbers: the penguins are being monitored by the Warrnambool Coastcare Landcare Network, the foxes on the island aren't monitored because there was not a single fox attack since the dogs arrived on the island. :) You can get all details in the annual report. Check out the latest one her: www.warrnamboolpenguins.com.au/sites/warrnamboolpenguins.com.au/files/documents/Middle%20Island%20Project%20Report%202021-2022.pdf

@jdmac44

Жыл бұрын

So, were other little penguins brought over from New Zealand to help ensure greater genetic diversity?

Why do we humans only start acting when it's already almost too late? I mean only 4 out of 800 penguins survived when someone finally start to do something. And wouldn't there be genetic problems when only 4 individuals left to reproduce?

@killerqueenisbestmanneko8419

9 ай бұрын

There are populations on other islands. For example in NZ

Wow

@terramater

10 ай бұрын

The dogs are doing an amazing job, right?

Hard to understand but great story! ❤

@terramater

Жыл бұрын

Hi Shauna, thanks for the feedback and thanks for watching it!

❤❤❤❤❤❤😊

Did I miss it? Do you guys know the name of the movie made thats based on this story? Thanks in advance.

@terramater

Жыл бұрын

It is called "Oddball". We’ve linked the trailer in our videos description. Check it out, it’s really cool!

Couldn't they make this an island again?

@terramater

Жыл бұрын

Hi Sebastian! The island is still there :)

And then the dogs started acquiring a taste for little penguins. Foxes wanted back in.

@terramater

Жыл бұрын

Imagine that, what a tragedy. 😅 The feel good movie would become def a horror movie. Or an epic battle between dogs and foxes. Or a zombie movie with zombie penguins. 🐧🧟‍♀️

Well,if the dogs are gone,they will perish again.

@terramater

9 ай бұрын

That´s exactly why they are always training new pups to become guards.🐧 🦮

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Weak jet 55

I used to like foxes. Now, not so much.

@terramater

Жыл бұрын

Hi Craig, we understand you, but they are still pretty cool, they just need to leave the little penguins alone 😄

@Holbytatown

4 ай бұрын

foxes gonna fox🤷 It's, as usual, our (human's) fault for introducing an alien specie in a fragile environment. We call ourselves smart but we have proved times and times over that we are severely lacking in foresight...😔

Cruel jet 29

"white knights" that is extremely adorable!!! >.

@terramater

9 ай бұрын

But they truly are 🥰🦮🐧

Australia really sucks at conservation, it is only through the dedication of one great guy and sheer luck that this came through.

Cute video! But Paw Patrol is copaganda 😭

Kind beaver 36

Not liking the nesting boxes. They are wild animals. Can we just let them do their thing please. We don’t need to house them. They are entirely capable of living without human interference if we didn’t bring pests in. Now that’s taken care off, just step back and let them be wild animals. Humans have this ridiculous drive to control everything.

They were called Fairy penguins but they lgbt community apparently were offered by this.

Maremma or "pastore maremmano abruzzese" in italian, is a central italy breed, not northern

@terramater

10 ай бұрын

As you’ve said the breed is indigenous to Central Italy, especially to the Maremma region of Tuscany and Lazio. Still you can find the breed also in some of the northern areas.

@marcellomichenzi3766

10 ай бұрын

@@terramater what you Say Is not correct, the breed Is indigenous of the region of Abruzzo, not Tuscany, despite the name "maremmano" can suggest

@terramater

10 ай бұрын

@@marcellomichenzi3766 "[...] indigenous to Central Italy, especially to the Maremma region of Tuscany and Lazio, and to some northern areas of Southern Italy, particularly to Abruzzo... that's why they are called Maremmano-Abruzzese Sheepdog". Feel free to double check it here: web.archive.org/web/20160825233508/www.cpma.it/lavoro.php?a1=2

Somehow I missed this video earlier. I’m so happy some good news about birds has happened! Many birds here in Korea are either endangered or extinct and it’s exhausting hearing about the sad news. I could cry with happy tears that at least one animal was brought back from the brink with a good solution. 🥹 thank you for amazing coverage

@terramater

11 ай бұрын

Hi Norja! Thank you for sharing your story with us and for watching our video! ❤️🐶