A council has voted to relocate starving wallabies at a wildlife sanctuary on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula, rather than destroy the animals.

A number of dead wallabies were found over several months at The Briars nature reserve in Mount Martha — known by traditional owners as Tichin-Gorourke.

A University of Melbourne study reportedly found there were about 150 wallabies at The Briars but the reserve could sustain only around 30. An urgent council meeting was called on Tuesday night Wallabies found starving to death at The Briars

The council voted to relocate some of the animals, conduct health checks and will consider contraceptive implants.

"We're going to make sure that the animals under our care are looked after in the future and not just now, so thank you everybody who's put i

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