A scathing new report has revealed that invasive species are costing New South Wales at least $1.9 billion annually – with the potential to balloon to a staggering $29.7 billion per year by 2030.
After a decade-long delay, the Tasmanian State of Environment report has finally been released and shows invasive species are rapidly overtaking Tasmania’s unique wildlife and landscapes.
Invasive species are already costing NSW at least $1.9 billion per year, and without major reform this could balloon to $29.7 billion per year by 2030, a new, scathing report has found.
The call to increase funding to reduce the impact of feral and roaming pet cats follows the release today by Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek of the details of 55 federally funded feral cat projects across the country.
The NSW Supreme Court has today comprehensively dismissed a legal challenge from a pro-feral horse group seeking to overturn the use of aerial shooting in Kosciuszko National Park
The Invasive Species Council welcomes the NSW government’s announcement of a commitment to develop a new Nature Strategy that will be enshrined in law, and calls for ambitious targets and funding to address the pest and weed crisis in the state.
Today the NSW Supreme Court has rejected an application from pro-brumby group, Snowy Mountain Bush Users Group, to halt aerial culling in Kosciuszko National Park ahead of a hearing on July 2 and 3.
The ABC Ombudsman has released a rare, scathing report which finds the ABC breached the Corporation’s editorial standards for accuracy and impartiality when reporting on the issue of feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park.
The Yalmy galaxias is a member of what probably counts as Australia’s most threatened group of animals. The last survey of the critically endangered species,
In the midst of an extinction crisis, our problematic invasive species are big winners in the federal budget. The 2024 budget was a missed opportunity,
It was a weed that Sydney almost eliminated. In the 1970’s the NSW government banned pampas grass (Cortaderia species) and ran an effective education campaign
Tasmania is a remarkable island state with native animals and plants found nowhere else on Earth. It has some of Australia’s most spectacular protected areas
Recently I visited lungtalanana island, once called Clarke Island, with the mob from the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre. They’re undertaking a cultural restoration project on the
New global research highlights the severe impact of invasive species on Indigenous culture and connection to Country.
This is great news for our native animals and mountain streams. For the first time the number removed exceeds annual population growth, meaning we can expect a genuine reduction in the number of feral horses in the National Park.
A scathing new report has revealed that invasive species are costing New South Wales at least $1.9 billion annually – with the potential to balloon to a staggering $29.7 billion per year by 2030.
After a decade-long delay, the Tasmanian State of Environment report has finally been released and shows invasive species are rapidly overtaking Tasmania’s unique wildlife and landscapes.
Invasive species are already costing NSW at least $1.9 billion per year, and without major reform this could balloon to $29.7 billion per year by 2030, a new, scathing report has found.
The call to increase funding to reduce the impact of feral and roaming pet cats follows the release today by Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek of the details of 55 federally funded feral cat projects across the country.
The NSW Supreme Court has today comprehensively dismissed a legal challenge from a pro-feral horse group seeking to overturn the use of aerial shooting in Kosciuszko National Park
The Invasive Species Council welcomes the NSW government’s announcement of a commitment to develop a new Nature Strategy that will be enshrined in law, and calls for ambitious targets and funding to address the pest and weed crisis in the state.
Today the NSW Supreme Court has rejected an application from pro-brumby group, Snowy Mountain Bush Users Group, to halt aerial culling in Kosciuszko National Park ahead of a hearing on July 2 and 3.
The ABC Ombudsman has released a rare, scathing report which finds the ABC breached the Corporation’s editorial standards for accuracy and impartiality when reporting on the issue of feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park.
The Yalmy galaxias is a member of what probably counts as Australia’s most threatened group of animals. The last survey of the critically endangered species,
In the midst of an extinction crisis, our problematic invasive species are big winners in the federal budget. The 2024 budget was a missed opportunity,
It was a weed that Sydney almost eliminated. In the 1970’s the NSW government banned pampas grass (Cortaderia species) and ran an effective education campaign
Tasmania is a remarkable island state with native animals and plants found nowhere else on Earth. It has some of Australia’s most spectacular protected areas
Recently I visited lungtalanana island, once called Clarke Island, with the mob from the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre. They’re undertaking a cultural restoration project on the
New global research highlights the severe impact of invasive species on Indigenous culture and connection to Country.
This is great news for our native animals and mountain streams. For the first time the number removed exceeds annual population growth, meaning we can expect a genuine reduction in the number of feral horses in the National Park.
A scathing new report has revealed that invasive species are costing New South Wales at least $1.9 billion annually – with the potential to balloon to a staggering $29.7 billion per year by 2030.
After a decade-long delay, the Tasmanian State of Environment report has finally been released and shows invasive species are rapidly overtaking Tasmania’s unique wildlife and landscapes.
Invasive species are already costing NSW at least $1.9 billion per year, and without major reform this could balloon to $29.7 billion per year by 2030, a new, scathing report has found.
The call to increase funding to reduce the impact of feral and roaming pet cats follows the release today by Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek of the details of 55 federally funded feral cat projects across the country.
The NSW Supreme Court has today comprehensively dismissed a legal challenge from a pro-feral horse group seeking to overturn the use of aerial shooting in Kosciuszko National Park
The Invasive Species Council welcomes the NSW government’s announcement of a commitment to develop a new Nature Strategy that will be enshrined in law, and calls for ambitious targets and funding to address the pest and weed crisis in the state.
Today the NSW Supreme Court has rejected an application from pro-brumby group, Snowy Mountain Bush Users Group, to halt aerial culling in Kosciuszko National Park ahead of a hearing on July 2 and 3.
The ABC Ombudsman has released a rare, scathing report which finds the ABC breached the Corporation’s editorial standards for accuracy and impartiality when reporting on the issue of feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park.
The Yalmy galaxias is a member of what probably counts as Australia’s most threatened group of animals. The last survey of the critically endangered species,
In the midst of an extinction crisis, our problematic invasive species are big winners in the federal budget. The 2024 budget was a missed opportunity,
It was a weed that Sydney almost eliminated. In the 1970’s the NSW government banned pampas grass (Cortaderia species) and ran an effective education campaign
Tasmania is a remarkable island state with native animals and plants found nowhere else on Earth. It has some of Australia’s most spectacular protected areas
Recently I visited lungtalanana island, once called Clarke Island, with the mob from the Tasmanian Aboriginal Centre. They’re undertaking a cultural restoration project on the
New global research highlights the severe impact of invasive species on Indigenous culture and connection to Country.
This is great news for our native animals and mountain streams. For the first time the number removed exceeds annual population growth, meaning we can expect a genuine reduction in the number of feral horses in the National Park.
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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.
