Experts warn a lack of regulation in the garden industry is seeing weedy plants, that can easily be bought in nurseries or online, ‘suffocate’ our native waterways and bushland, with urgent calls for action to prevent more irreversible damage.
Following an ABC story over the weekend featuring the Invasive Species Council which highlighted the alarming threat of the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain to our native animals – a threat that is wreaking havoc overseas – the federal government has today announced a $7 million preparation package.
The Invasive Species Council, the Australian Marine Conservation Society and the Biodiversity Council are calling on Australia’s governments to urgently and collaboratively ramp up preparations for bird flu in wildlife.
The Invasive Species Council has issued an urgent call to boost funding in the fire ant suppression zone following the alarming discovery of nests on the Sunshine Coast at Nirimba.
The Invasive Species Council has called on the Australian Government to swing into immediate action to prepare for the fight against a killer bird flu turning up in Australia’s wild birds, following the announcement of the discovery of a bird flu strain on an egg farm in Victoria.
Analysis by the Biodiversity Council shows that if all pet cats were kept securely contained by their owners it would save hundreds of human lives, millions of native animals and billions of dollars each year
The 3rd Australian Biosecurity Symposium is making waves! The Symposium will be held at SeaWorld Resort on the Gold Coast from 27-29 August 2024.Our symposium
Update: This article has been amended to improve accuracy. On a recent visit to Barrington Tops National Park, Tim Low and Carol Booth experienced the
On 18 October the Decade of Biosecurity (DoB) project partners came together to launch the Parliamentary Friends of Biosecurity group at Parliament House in Canberra. The group will elevate biosecurity issues and highlight the importance of a strong well-resourced biosecurity system.
Ever wondered what bugs are living in your garden or hanging out on a hike? Join the Bug Hunt now to discover all of our awesome native bugs, and a few non-native ones that we want to protect our communities from.
The Invasive Species Council and Nature Conservation Council have called on the NSW government to introduce clear laws to ensure pet cats are kept safe at home in order to save millions of native animals every year. The call comes in the wake of another 48 species added to the endangered species list.
The Invasive Species Council and Biodiversity Council welcomed the federal government draft Threat Abatement Plan for Feral Cats, open for public consultation. Without serious action in Australia, we could lose native wildlife like Bilbies, Numbats, and Night Parrots. Forever.
A landmark global scientific report, released by the United Nations, has found that invasive species cost the global economy over $423 billion every year.
Secret government documents released by the Invasive Species Council detail at least a $49 million shortfall in fire ant funding for 2023/24.
A new outbreak of highly invasive fire ants has just been discovered only 5.5km from the NSW border at a pony club in Tallebudgera. The outbreak is 8 km further south than the recent Miami High School outbreak.
Experts warn a lack of regulation in the garden industry is seeing weedy plants, that can easily be bought in nurseries or online, ‘suffocate’ our native waterways and bushland, with urgent calls for action to prevent more irreversible damage.
Following an ABC story over the weekend featuring the Invasive Species Council which highlighted the alarming threat of the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain to our native animals – a threat that is wreaking havoc overseas – the federal government has today announced a $7 million preparation package.
The Invasive Species Council, the Australian Marine Conservation Society and the Biodiversity Council are calling on Australia’s governments to urgently and collaboratively ramp up preparations for bird flu in wildlife.
The Invasive Species Council has issued an urgent call to boost funding in the fire ant suppression zone following the alarming discovery of nests on the Sunshine Coast at Nirimba.
The Invasive Species Council has called on the Australian Government to swing into immediate action to prepare for the fight against a killer bird flu turning up in Australia’s wild birds, following the announcement of the discovery of a bird flu strain on an egg farm in Victoria.
Analysis by the Biodiversity Council shows that if all pet cats were kept securely contained by their owners it would save hundreds of human lives, millions of native animals and billions of dollars each year
The 3rd Australian Biosecurity Symposium is making waves! The Symposium will be held at SeaWorld Resort on the Gold Coast from 27-29 August 2024.Our symposium
Update: This article has been amended to improve accuracy. On a recent visit to Barrington Tops National Park, Tim Low and Carol Booth experienced the
On 18 October the Decade of Biosecurity (DoB) project partners came together to launch the Parliamentary Friends of Biosecurity group at Parliament House in Canberra. The group will elevate biosecurity issues and highlight the importance of a strong well-resourced biosecurity system.
Ever wondered what bugs are living in your garden or hanging out on a hike? Join the Bug Hunt now to discover all of our awesome native bugs, and a few non-native ones that we want to protect our communities from.
The Invasive Species Council and Nature Conservation Council have called on the NSW government to introduce clear laws to ensure pet cats are kept safe at home in order to save millions of native animals every year. The call comes in the wake of another 48 species added to the endangered species list.
The Invasive Species Council and Biodiversity Council welcomed the federal government draft Threat Abatement Plan for Feral Cats, open for public consultation. Without serious action in Australia, we could lose native wildlife like Bilbies, Numbats, and Night Parrots. Forever.
A landmark global scientific report, released by the United Nations, has found that invasive species cost the global economy over $423 billion every year.
Secret government documents released by the Invasive Species Council detail at least a $49 million shortfall in fire ant funding for 2023/24.
A new outbreak of highly invasive fire ants has just been discovered only 5.5km from the NSW border at a pony club in Tallebudgera. The outbreak is 8 km further south than the recent Miami High School outbreak.
Experts warn a lack of regulation in the garden industry is seeing weedy plants, that can easily be bought in nurseries or online, ‘suffocate’ our native waterways and bushland, with urgent calls for action to prevent more irreversible damage.
Following an ABC story over the weekend featuring the Invasive Species Council which highlighted the alarming threat of the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain to our native animals – a threat that is wreaking havoc overseas – the federal government has today announced a $7 million preparation package.
The Invasive Species Council, the Australian Marine Conservation Society and the Biodiversity Council are calling on Australia’s governments to urgently and collaboratively ramp up preparations for bird flu in wildlife.
The Invasive Species Council has issued an urgent call to boost funding in the fire ant suppression zone following the alarming discovery of nests on the Sunshine Coast at Nirimba.
The Invasive Species Council has called on the Australian Government to swing into immediate action to prepare for the fight against a killer bird flu turning up in Australia’s wild birds, following the announcement of the discovery of a bird flu strain on an egg farm in Victoria.
Analysis by the Biodiversity Council shows that if all pet cats were kept securely contained by their owners it would save hundreds of human lives, millions of native animals and billions of dollars each year
The 3rd Australian Biosecurity Symposium is making waves! The Symposium will be held at SeaWorld Resort on the Gold Coast from 27-29 August 2024.Our symposium
Update: This article has been amended to improve accuracy. On a recent visit to Barrington Tops National Park, Tim Low and Carol Booth experienced the
On 18 October the Decade of Biosecurity (DoB) project partners came together to launch the Parliamentary Friends of Biosecurity group at Parliament House in Canberra. The group will elevate biosecurity issues and highlight the importance of a strong well-resourced biosecurity system.
Ever wondered what bugs are living in your garden or hanging out on a hike? Join the Bug Hunt now to discover all of our awesome native bugs, and a few non-native ones that we want to protect our communities from.
The Invasive Species Council and Nature Conservation Council have called on the NSW government to introduce clear laws to ensure pet cats are kept safe at home in order to save millions of native animals every year. The call comes in the wake of another 48 species added to the endangered species list.
The Invasive Species Council and Biodiversity Council welcomed the federal government draft Threat Abatement Plan for Feral Cats, open for public consultation. Without serious action in Australia, we could lose native wildlife like Bilbies, Numbats, and Night Parrots. Forever.
A landmark global scientific report, released by the United Nations, has found that invasive species cost the global economy over $423 billion every year.
Secret government documents released by the Invasive Species Council detail at least a $49 million shortfall in fire ant funding for 2023/24.
A new outbreak of highly invasive fire ants has just been discovered only 5.5km from the NSW border at a pony club in Tallebudgera. The outbreak is 8 km further south than the recent Miami High School outbreak.
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Our protected areas are being trashed, trampled, choked and polluted by an onslaught of invaders. Invasive species are already the overwhelming driver of our animal extinction rate, and are expected to cause 75 of the next 100 extinctions.
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Dear Project Team,
[YOUR PERSONALISED MESSAGE WILL APPEAR HERE.]
I support the amendment to the Kosciuszko National Park Wild Horse Heritage Management Plan to allow our incredible National Parks staff to use aerial shooting as one method to rapidly reduce feral horse numbers. I want to see feral horse numbers urgently reduced in order to save the national park and our native wildlife that live there.
The current approach is not solving the problem. Feral horse numbers have rapidly increased in Kosciuszko National Park to around 18,000, a 30% jump in just the past 2 years. With the population so high, thousands of feral horses need to be removed annually to reduce numbers and stop our National Park becoming a horse paddock. Aerial shooting, undertaken humanely and safely by professionals using standard protocols, is the only way this can happen.
The government’s own management plan for feral horses states that ‘if undertaken in accordance with best practice, aerial shooting can have the lowest negative animal welfare impacts of all lethal control methods’.
This humane and effective practice is already used across Australia to manage hundreds of thousands of feral animals like horses, deer, pigs, and goats.
Trapping and rehoming of feral horses has been used in Kosciuszko National Park for well over a decade but has consistently failed to reduce the population, has delayed meaningful action and is expensive. There are too many feral horses in the Alps and not enough demand for rehoming for it to be relied upon for the reduction of the population.
Fertility control as a management tool is only effective for a small, geographically isolated, and accessible population of feral horses where the management outcome sought is to maintain the population at its current size. It is not a viable option to reduce the large and growing feral horse population in the vast and rugged terrain of Kosciuszko National Park.
Feral horses are trashing and trampling our sensitive alpine ecosystems and streams, causing the decline and extinction of native animals. The federal government’s Threatened Species Scientific Committee has stated that feral horses ‘may be the crucial factor that causes final extinction’ for 12 alpine species.
I recognise the sad reality that urgent and humane measures are necessary to urgently remove the horses or they will destroy the Snowies and the native wildlife that call the mountains home. I support a healthy national park where native species like the Corroboree Frog and Mountain Pygmy Possum can thrive.
Dear Project Team,
[YOUR PERSONALISED MESSAGE WILL APPEAR HERE.]
I support the amendment to the Kosciuszko National Park Wild Horse Heritage Management Plan to allow our incredible National Parks staff to use aerial shooting as one method to rapidly reduce feral horse numbers. I want to see feral horse numbers urgently reduced in order to save the national park and our native wildlife that live there.
The current approach is not solving the problem. Feral horse numbers have rapidly increased in Kosciuszko National Park to around 18,000, a 30% jump in just the past 2 years. With the population so high, thousands of feral horses need to be removed annually to reduce numbers and stop our National Park becoming a horse paddock. Aerial shooting, undertaken humanely and safely by professionals using standard protocols, is the only way this can happen.
The government’s own management plan for feral horses states that ‘if undertaken in accordance with best practice, aerial shooting can have the lowest negative animal welfare impacts of all lethal control methods’.
This humane and effective practice is already used across Australia to manage hundreds of thousands of feral animals like horses, deer, pigs, and goats.
Trapping and rehoming of feral horses has been used in Kosciuszko National Park for well over a decade but has consistently failed to reduce the population, has delayed meaningful action and is expensive. There are too many feral horses in the Alps and not enough demand for rehoming for it to be relied upon for the reduction of the population.
Fertility control as a management tool is only effective for a small, geographically isolated, and accessible population of feral horses where the management outcome sought is to maintain the population at its current size. It is not a viable option to reduce the large and growing feral horse population in the vast and rugged terrain of Kosciuszko National Park.
Feral horses are trashing and trampling our sensitive alpine ecosystems and streams, causing the decline and extinction of native animals. The federal government’s Threatened Species Scientific Committee has stated that feral horses ‘may be the crucial factor that causes final extinction’ for 12 alpine species.
I recognise the sad reality that urgent and humane measures are necessary to urgently remove the horses or they will destroy the Snowies and the native wildlife that call the mountains home. I support a healthy national park where native species like the Corroboree Frog and Mountain Pygmy Possum can thrive.
