Australia plans to build world’s first platypus sanctuary to promote breeding and rehabilitation

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The Australian conservationists have unveiled their plan to build the world’s first refuge for the platypus, a duck-billed mammal, that are facing extinction due to climate change.
The new facility will promote breeding and rehabilitation of these iconic creatures, which are native to Australia.
The Taronga Conservation Society Australia and the New South Wales State government plans to build the specialist facility by 2022, at a zoo 391-km from Sydney.
The facility would contain mostly ponds and burrows for the semiaquatic creatures, and could house up to 65 platypuses.