The Invasive Species Council is issuing a stark warning to residents in south east Queensland and surrounds, as fire ants are seen forming rafts and spreading amongst flood waters.
The latest feral horse population count for Kosciuszko National Park was discussed in NSW Budget Estimates today, with figures suggesting numbers have dropped significantly.
The Invasive Species Council welcomes the NSW government’s announcement today that it will review the outdated Companion Animals Act 1998 which currently prohibits Councils from being able to implement cat containment and curfews.
The Invasive Species Council is pleased to announce that Advocacy Director Jack Gough has been appointed Interim CEO, following the departure of Andrew Cox at the end of February.
A new initiative by the Australian Government to create trout-free havens for 5 native fish species on the brink of extinction may come just in time, according to the Invasive Species Council.
The Invasive Species Council welcomes the Minns government’s commitment to continue the removal of feral horses from Kosciuszko National Park and across NSW, including through aerial shooting.
The Invasive Species Council is sounding the alarm over dangerous misinformation and disinformation spreading both online and offline about fire ants.
The Invasive Species Council has issued an urgent call to boost funding in the fire ant suppression zone, following the alarming discovery of fire ants on a housing development site in North Arm, Sunshine Coast.
The Invasive Species Council is calling on the NSW government to reject the Shooters Party’s latest attempt to undermine effective feral animal control in the state by wasting millions of dollars on bounty payments for some feral animals.
The Invasive Species Council today announces that CEO, Andrew Cox will be departing from his role at the end of February 2025.
The Invasive Species Council welcomes the announcement by newly elected Independent MLA Thomas Emerson that the Australian Capital Territory government will increase the number of national parks rangers to work on environmental conservation and invasive species management.
The Invasive Species Council expresses disappointment following the Queensland government’s unexpected withdrawal from what was shaping up to be a unanimous endorsement of an ambitious national plan to reduce the impact of feral cats on native wildlife.
Would you eat carp, deer or even camel? Eat the Invaders, a new ABC documentary series set to air in the new year and presented by Tony Armstrong, will invite Australians to reimagine invasive species as a ‘tasty solution’.
The Invasive Species Council welcomes the Victorian tribunal’s ruling against pro-brumby activists for the appalling racial vilification of Yorta Yorta woman, Aunty Monica Morgan.
With Christmas and school holidays just around the corner, families and holidaymakers in northern NSW and South-East Queensland are being urged to take action against one of Australia’s most destructive pests. The Invasive Species Council is calling on local communities to join the fight against fire ants and make a lasting impact this holiday season.
The Invasive Species Council is issuing a stark warning to residents in south east Queensland and surrounds, as fire ants are seen forming rafts and spreading amongst flood waters.
The latest feral horse population count for Kosciuszko National Park was discussed in NSW Budget Estimates today, with figures suggesting numbers have dropped significantly.
The Invasive Species Council welcomes the NSW government’s announcement today that it will review the outdated Companion Animals Act 1998 which currently prohibits Councils from being able to implement cat containment and curfews.
The Invasive Species Council is pleased to announce that Advocacy Director Jack Gough has been appointed Interim CEO, following the departure of Andrew Cox at the end of February.
A new initiative by the Australian Government to create trout-free havens for 5 native fish species on the brink of extinction may come just in time, according to the Invasive Species Council.
The Invasive Species Council welcomes the Minns government’s commitment to continue the removal of feral horses from Kosciuszko National Park and across NSW, including through aerial shooting.
The Invasive Species Council is sounding the alarm over dangerous misinformation and disinformation spreading both online and offline about fire ants.
The Invasive Species Council has issued an urgent call to boost funding in the fire ant suppression zone, following the alarming discovery of fire ants on a housing development site in North Arm, Sunshine Coast.
The Invasive Species Council is calling on the NSW government to reject the Shooters Party’s latest attempt to undermine effective feral animal control in the state by wasting millions of dollars on bounty payments for some feral animals.
The Invasive Species Council today announces that CEO, Andrew Cox will be departing from his role at the end of February 2025.
The Invasive Species Council welcomes the announcement by newly elected Independent MLA Thomas Emerson that the Australian Capital Territory government will increase the number of national parks rangers to work on environmental conservation and invasive species management.
The Invasive Species Council expresses disappointment following the Queensland government’s unexpected withdrawal from what was shaping up to be a unanimous endorsement of an ambitious national plan to reduce the impact of feral cats on native wildlife.
Would you eat carp, deer or even camel? Eat the Invaders, a new ABC documentary series set to air in the new year and presented by Tony Armstrong, will invite Australians to reimagine invasive species as a ‘tasty solution’.
The Invasive Species Council welcomes the Victorian tribunal’s ruling against pro-brumby activists for the appalling racial vilification of Yorta Yorta woman, Aunty Monica Morgan.
With Christmas and school holidays just around the corner, families and holidaymakers in northern NSW and South-East Queensland are being urged to take action against one of Australia’s most destructive pests. The Invasive Species Council is calling on local communities to join the fight against fire ants and make a lasting impact this holiday season.
The Invasive Species Council is issuing a stark warning to residents in south east Queensland and surrounds, as fire ants are seen forming rafts and spreading amongst flood waters.
The latest feral horse population count for Kosciuszko National Park was discussed in NSW Budget Estimates today, with figures suggesting numbers have dropped significantly.
The Invasive Species Council welcomes the NSW government’s announcement today that it will review the outdated Companion Animals Act 1998 which currently prohibits Councils from being able to implement cat containment and curfews.
The Invasive Species Council is pleased to announce that Advocacy Director Jack Gough has been appointed Interim CEO, following the departure of Andrew Cox at the end of February.
A new initiative by the Australian Government to create trout-free havens for 5 native fish species on the brink of extinction may come just in time, according to the Invasive Species Council.
The Invasive Species Council welcomes the Minns government’s commitment to continue the removal of feral horses from Kosciuszko National Park and across NSW, including through aerial shooting.
The Invasive Species Council is sounding the alarm over dangerous misinformation and disinformation spreading both online and offline about fire ants.
The Invasive Species Council has issued an urgent call to boost funding in the fire ant suppression zone, following the alarming discovery of fire ants on a housing development site in North Arm, Sunshine Coast.
The Invasive Species Council is calling on the NSW government to reject the Shooters Party’s latest attempt to undermine effective feral animal control in the state by wasting millions of dollars on bounty payments for some feral animals.
The Invasive Species Council today announces that CEO, Andrew Cox will be departing from his role at the end of February 2025.
The Invasive Species Council welcomes the announcement by newly elected Independent MLA Thomas Emerson that the Australian Capital Territory government will increase the number of national parks rangers to work on environmental conservation and invasive species management.
The Invasive Species Council expresses disappointment following the Queensland government’s unexpected withdrawal from what was shaping up to be a unanimous endorsement of an ambitious national plan to reduce the impact of feral cats on native wildlife.
Would you eat carp, deer or even camel? Eat the Invaders, a new ABC documentary series set to air in the new year and presented by Tony Armstrong, will invite Australians to reimagine invasive species as a ‘tasty solution’.
The Invasive Species Council welcomes the Victorian tribunal’s ruling against pro-brumby activists for the appalling racial vilification of Yorta Yorta woman, Aunty Monica Morgan.
With Christmas and school holidays just around the corner, families and holidaymakers in northern NSW and South-East Queensland are being urged to take action against one of Australia’s most destructive pests. The Invasive Species Council is calling on local communities to join the fight against fire ants and make a lasting impact this holiday season.
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The Invasive Species Council was formed in 2002 to seek stronger laws, policies and programs to protect nature from harmful pests, weeds and diseases.
The Invasive Species Council acknowledges the Traditional Custodians throughout Australia and their connections to land and sea. We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.
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.
