News Release:
Wild Animals of Kangaroo Island, Australia

Oregon State University Biology Professor Jack Lyford will talk about the wild animals and ecology of Australia’s Kangaroo Island at Albany Public Library, 1390 Waverly Drive SE, on Wednesday, November 17, 2004.

The talk is scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m.

Kangaroos Island is located 70 miles southwest of Adelaide, Australia.  The island is home to the Pelican Lagoon Research and Wildlife Centre.  Dr. Lyford spent a month there studying the world’s oldest mammal, the echidna.  He will show his photographs of kangaroos, goannas (large monitor lizards) and other wildlife and will discuss isolated continents and egg-laying mammals.

For more information regarding this news release, contact:
Diane Moody, Reference Librarian; 917-7580 ext. 4701

For general information regarding the City of Albany, contact:
Marilyn Smith
Public Information Officer
(541) 917-7507