Editing Wallaby (section)

==Introduced populations==
Wallabies of several species have been introduced to other parts of the world, and there are a number of successfully breeding introduced populations, including:
* [[Kawau Island]] in [[New Zealand]] is home to large numbers of [[Tammar wallaby|tammar]], [[Parma wallaby|Parma]], [[Swamp wallaby|swamp]] and [[Brush-tailed rock-wallaby|brush-tailed rock-wallabies]] from introductions made around 1870.<ref name="Shaw2002">{{CiteQ|Q110606750}}</ref> They are considered pests on the island,<ref name=hunt>[http://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/hunting/what-to-hunt/wallabies/where-to-hunt-wallabies/ "Where to hunt wallabies"]. Department of Conservation, New Zealand</ref> but a programme to re-introduce them to [[Australia]] has met with only limited success.<ref>Napp, Bernie (4 September 2006). [http://www.doc.govt.nz/upload/428/joey-award.pdf Auckland Conservacy wins Joey Award]. Department of Conservation, New Zealand</ref>
* The [[Lake Tarawera]] area of [[New Zealand]] has a large [[tammar wallaby]] population.<ref name=hunt/><ref>[http://www.connovation.co.nz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=102&Itemid=220 Wallabies: Introduction], connovation.co.nz</ref>
* The [[South Canterbury]] district of New Zealand has a large population of [[Red-necked wallaby|Bennett's wallabies]].<ref name=hunt/><ref>[http://ecan.govt.nz/advice/your-land/plant-animal-pests/managing-animal-pests/Pages/wallabies.aspx Wallabies]. ecan.govt.nz</ref>
* On the [[Isle of Man]] in the [[Ballaugh Curraghs]] area, there is a population of around 560 red-necked wallabies, descended from a pair that escaped from the nearby [[Curraghs Wildlife Park]] in 1970.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11560079 |title=Searching for the Isle of Man's wild wallabies |publisher=BBC |date=17 October 2010 |access-date=23 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Survey finds more than 560 wallabies living in wild on Isle of Man |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c51lgxljnw7o |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>
* [[Hawaii]] has a small non-native population of wallabies in the upper regions of Kalihi Valley on the island of [[Oahu]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://legacy.earlham.edu/~biol/hawaii/mammals.htm |title=Earlham College – Biology Department – Introduced Species In Hawaii – Mammals |publisher=Earlham.edu |date=9 December 1959 |access-date=23 March 2013 |archive-date=8 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108135251/http://legacy.earlham.edu/~biol/hawaii/mammals.htm |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> arising from an escape of zoo specimens of the [[brush-tailed rock-wallaby]] (''Petrogale penicillata'') in 1916.
* In the [[Peak District]] of England, a population was established around 1940<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1111/j.1469-7998.1971.tb02203.x|title=Wallabies in the Peak District|year=2009|last1=Yalden|first1=D. W.|last2=Hosey|first2=G. R.|journal=Journal of Zoology|volume=165|issue=4|pages=513}}</ref> by five escapees from a local zoo, and as of September 2017, sightings were still being made in the area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roaches.org.uk/wallabies.htm |title=Wallabies and yaks |publisher=The Roaches Peak District, Roaches.org.uk |access-date=23 March 2013}}</ref> At its peak in 1975, the population numbered around 60 individuals.
* The island of [[Inchconnachan]] in [[Loch Lomond]], [[Scotland]], has a population of around 28 [[Red-necked wallaby|red-necked wallabies]] introduced by Lady Colquhoun in the 1920s.<ref name=lln>{{cite web| url=http://www.loch-lomond.net/islands/inchconnachan.html| title=Loch Lomond Islands: Inchconnachan| publisher=Loch Lomond.net| access-date=24 August 2007}}</ref> Eradication to protect the native [[capercaillie]] has been proposed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/editors-choice/2009/06/06/loch-lomond-wallabies-set-for-cull-to-protect-local-wildlife-86908-21419099/ |title=Scottish Daily Record, 06/06/2009 Colony of Wallabies set for cull |work=Daily Record|location=Scotland |date=6 June 2009 |access-date=23 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lennoxherald.co.uk/dunbartonshire-news/dunbartonshire-news/loch-lomondside-news/2009/06/05/wallabies-face-being-wiped-out-114557-23773081/ |title=Wallabies face being wiped out |date=5 June 2009|author= McLean, Marc |publisher=Lennoxherald.co.uk |access-date=23 March 2013}}</ref>
* There is also a small population on [[Lambay Island]] off the eastern coast of [[Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Dolan, Brian |url=http://www.seandalaiocht.com/1/post/2010/07/archaeological-wallabies-on-lambay-island.html |title=Archaeological Wallabies on Lambay Island |publisher=seandalaiocht.com |date=8 July 2010 |access-date=9 January 2014 |archive-date=30 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170730065031/http://www.seandalaiocht.com/1/post/2010/07/archaeological-wallabies-on-lambay-island.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Initially introduced in the 1950s and 1960s, more were introduced in the 1980s after a sudden population explosion at the [[Dublin Zoo]].<ref>{{cite web|author=Connally, Colleen |url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-heck-are-wallabies-doing-ireland-180953304/ |title=What the Heck Are Wallabies Doing in Ireland? |publisher=smithsonianmag.com |date=12 November 2014}}</ref>
* Populations in the United Kingdom that, for some periods, bred successfully included one near [[Teignmouth]], [[Devon]], another in the [[Ashdown Forest]], [[East Sussex]], [[Cornwall]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Wallabies from Australia have gained a foothold in the U.K. and may be there for good |url=https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/nov-14-covid-vaccine-immune-durability-wallabies-in-the-uk-ancient-female-hunters-and-more-1.5799632/wallabies-from-australia-have-gained-a-foothold-in-the-u-k-and-may-be-there-for-good-1.5799646 |access-date=3 December 2020 |work=[[CBC Radio]] |date=13 November 2020}}</ref> and one on the islands of Bute and Lundy. It has recently been reported by walkers in the Lickey Hills Country Park area of Birmingham that a pair of wallabies have been released or are loose there (East Tunnock Rambling Club Meeting, December 2010).
* In [[France]], in the southern part of the [[Forest of Rambouillet]], about {{convert|50|km|mi|abbr=on|sigfig=1}} west of [[Paris]], there is a wild group of around 30 Bennett's wallabies. This population has been present since the 1970s, when some individuals escaped from the zoological park of [[Émancé]] after a storm.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071013013730/http://www.cerf78.fr/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=215&Itemid=307 Enquête sur le Wallaby de Bennett en Forêt d'Yvelines]. cerf78.fr</ref>