A state action plan released last week by the Victorian Government acknowledges the devastating impact feral deer have on the state’s environment. Yet feral deer continue to be protected by law in Victoria as a game species for hunting.
Our election guide to what needs to be done to tackle the #1 threat to our environment.
The Tasmanian Government’s Wild Fallow Deer Management Plan, released Sunday, continues the protection of feral deer within hunting zones and designates deer hunting areas within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.
Feral horse story aired on ABC TV’s Four Corners reveals the need for the NSW Government to get on with the task of rapidly removing feral horses from Kosciuszko and show zero tolerance for any attempts to sabotage control efforts.
Territory residents and leading invasive species experts are calling on all federal Australian political parties to commit to funding that will tackle Gamba grass
Thanks to the help of our supporters the Invasive Species Council has enjoyed a strong track record of triggering political action on feral deer.
The final feral horse plan for Kosciuszko National Park promises a significant reduction in feral horses, but leaves one third of the park overrun by this damaging invasive animal.
The Tasmanian Government must set clear, ambitious targets to rein in exploding numbers of the pest animals under its just-released draft wild deer plan.
Australian Academy of Science raises serious concerns over draft Kosciuszko horse management plan.
The NSW Government’s draft Kosciuszko feral horse plan has promised a significant reduction in feral horses in the park, but locks in damage to key areas.
A review of Tasmania’s wildlife regulations is the perfect time to end the protected ‘wildlife’ status of feral deer.
Freedom of information documents reveal feral horse numbers in Kosciuszko are spiralling out of control because of ineffective control measures.
We are taking action to access key reports on the management of feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park.
A new community force has been launched to help tackle growing impacts of feral deer in Victoria.
Federal environment minister set to take action that will reduce feral horses numbers in Kosciuszko National Park.
A state action plan released last week by the Victorian Government acknowledges the devastating impact feral deer have on the state’s environment. Yet feral deer continue to be protected by law in Victoria as a game species for hunting.
Our election guide to what needs to be done to tackle the #1 threat to our environment.
The Tasmanian Government’s Wild Fallow Deer Management Plan, released Sunday, continues the protection of feral deer within hunting zones and designates deer hunting areas within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.
Feral horse story aired on ABC TV’s Four Corners reveals the need for the NSW Government to get on with the task of rapidly removing feral horses from Kosciuszko and show zero tolerance for any attempts to sabotage control efforts.
Territory residents and leading invasive species experts are calling on all federal Australian political parties to commit to funding that will tackle Gamba grass
Thanks to the help of our supporters the Invasive Species Council has enjoyed a strong track record of triggering political action on feral deer.
The final feral horse plan for Kosciuszko National Park promises a significant reduction in feral horses, but leaves one third of the park overrun by this damaging invasive animal.
The Tasmanian Government must set clear, ambitious targets to rein in exploding numbers of the pest animals under its just-released draft wild deer plan.
Australian Academy of Science raises serious concerns over draft Kosciuszko horse management plan.
The NSW Government’s draft Kosciuszko feral horse plan has promised a significant reduction in feral horses in the park, but locks in damage to key areas.
A review of Tasmania’s wildlife regulations is the perfect time to end the protected ‘wildlife’ status of feral deer.
Freedom of information documents reveal feral horse numbers in Kosciuszko are spiralling out of control because of ineffective control measures.
We are taking action to access key reports on the management of feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park.
A new community force has been launched to help tackle growing impacts of feral deer in Victoria.
Federal environment minister set to take action that will reduce feral horses numbers in Kosciuszko National Park.
A state action plan released last week by the Victorian Government acknowledges the devastating impact feral deer have on the state’s environment. Yet feral deer continue to be protected by law in Victoria as a game species for hunting.
Our election guide to what needs to be done to tackle the #1 threat to our environment.
The Tasmanian Government’s Wild Fallow Deer Management Plan, released Sunday, continues the protection of feral deer within hunting zones and designates deer hunting areas within the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area.
Feral horse story aired on ABC TV’s Four Corners reveals the need for the NSW Government to get on with the task of rapidly removing feral horses from Kosciuszko and show zero tolerance for any attempts to sabotage control efforts.
Territory residents and leading invasive species experts are calling on all federal Australian political parties to commit to funding that will tackle Gamba grass
Thanks to the help of our supporters the Invasive Species Council has enjoyed a strong track record of triggering political action on feral deer.
The final feral horse plan for Kosciuszko National Park promises a significant reduction in feral horses, but leaves one third of the park overrun by this damaging invasive animal.
The Tasmanian Government must set clear, ambitious targets to rein in exploding numbers of the pest animals under its just-released draft wild deer plan.
Australian Academy of Science raises serious concerns over draft Kosciuszko horse management plan.
The NSW Government’s draft Kosciuszko feral horse plan has promised a significant reduction in feral horses in the park, but locks in damage to key areas.
A review of Tasmania’s wildlife regulations is the perfect time to end the protected ‘wildlife’ status of feral deer.
Freedom of information documents reveal feral horse numbers in Kosciuszko are spiralling out of control because of ineffective control measures.
We are taking action to access key reports on the management of feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park.
A new community force has been launched to help tackle growing impacts of feral deer in Victoria.
Federal environment minister set to take action that will reduce feral horses numbers in Kosciuszko National Park.
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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.
