The Invasive Species Council has slammed a new application to import Bengal cats – a hybrid of Asian leopard cats and domestic cats – warning it would mean deliberately unleashing more genetic monsters into a country with wildlife already being devastated by feral and roaming pet cats.
The Invasive Species Council says mining companies should step in to cover the cost of fire ant outbreaks linked to their operations, after new detections confirmed infestations across five mine sites in Queensland’s Central Highlands and Isaac Council regions.
This week Treasurer Jim Chalmers will gather economic leaders to debate productivity – but unless they confront the rising costs of environmental decline and invasive species, they’ll miss the most urgent reform of our time.
The Invasive Species Council, NSW Nature Conservation Council and the Biodiversity Council have criticised a NSW Upper House inquiry report by the Animal Justice Party for failing to back legal changes to allow local governments to bring in cat containment rules to protect wildlife and pet cats.
Leaders from Australia’s environment sector have delivered a set of recommendations to the government ahead of its three-day economic roundtable this week.
The Invasive Species Council’s mission for a wildlife revival is entering an exciting new chapter, officially joining forces with Rewilding Australia.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed today’s $2.8 million federal funding announcement to strengthen bird flu biosecurity across captive-breeding threatened species programs.
The Invasive Species Council says the Minns Government has serious questions to answer as an upper house inquiry begins today into a Shooters Party Bill.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the Northern Territory government’s plan to expand Litchfield National Park but says additional, ongoing funding is critical to tackle the escalating gamba crisis.
An unprecedented survey of Western Australia’s local governments has revealed overwhelming support for stronger cat management laws.
The Invasive Species Council has today welcomed the release of the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service’s new 10-year invasive species strategy.
A major fire ant outbreak has been confirmed at BHP’s Broadmeadow coal mine, the first time this invasive super pest has been found in central Queensland.
A landmark study by UNSW released today has revealed the extraordinary impact of removing feral cats and foxes from a South Australian desert reserve – with small mammal populations inside the predator-free area up to 30 times higher than outside.
The Victorian National Parks Association, Invasive Species Council and Environment East Gippsland have slammed the Allan Government’s decision to open 130,000 hectares of Victoria’s Errinundra and Snowy River National Parks to seasonal deer hunting.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the Queensland Government’s announcement that fire ant treatment will now occur year-round, describing it as a smart, science-backed move that could significantly boost the effectiveness of the national eradication effort.
The Invasive Species Council has slammed a new application to import Bengal cats – a hybrid of Asian leopard cats and domestic cats – warning it would mean deliberately unleashing more genetic monsters into a country with wildlife already being devastated by feral and roaming pet cats.
The Invasive Species Council says mining companies should step in to cover the cost of fire ant outbreaks linked to their operations, after new detections confirmed infestations across five mine sites in Queensland’s Central Highlands and Isaac Council regions.
This week Treasurer Jim Chalmers will gather economic leaders to debate productivity – but unless they confront the rising costs of environmental decline and invasive species, they’ll miss the most urgent reform of our time.
The Invasive Species Council, NSW Nature Conservation Council and the Biodiversity Council have criticised a NSW Upper House inquiry report by the Animal Justice Party for failing to back legal changes to allow local governments to bring in cat containment rules to protect wildlife and pet cats.
Leaders from Australia’s environment sector have delivered a set of recommendations to the government ahead of its three-day economic roundtable this week.
The Invasive Species Council’s mission for a wildlife revival is entering an exciting new chapter, officially joining forces with Rewilding Australia.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed today’s $2.8 million federal funding announcement to strengthen bird flu biosecurity across captive-breeding threatened species programs.
The Invasive Species Council says the Minns Government has serious questions to answer as an upper house inquiry begins today into a Shooters Party Bill.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the Northern Territory government’s plan to expand Litchfield National Park but says additional, ongoing funding is critical to tackle the escalating gamba crisis.
An unprecedented survey of Western Australia’s local governments has revealed overwhelming support for stronger cat management laws.
The Invasive Species Council has today welcomed the release of the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service’s new 10-year invasive species strategy.
A major fire ant outbreak has been confirmed at BHP’s Broadmeadow coal mine, the first time this invasive super pest has been found in central Queensland.
A landmark study by UNSW released today has revealed the extraordinary impact of removing feral cats and foxes from a South Australian desert reserve – with small mammal populations inside the predator-free area up to 30 times higher than outside.
The Victorian National Parks Association, Invasive Species Council and Environment East Gippsland have slammed the Allan Government’s decision to open 130,000 hectares of Victoria’s Errinundra and Snowy River National Parks to seasonal deer hunting.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the Queensland Government’s announcement that fire ant treatment will now occur year-round, describing it as a smart, science-backed move that could significantly boost the effectiveness of the national eradication effort.
The Invasive Species Council has slammed a new application to import Bengal cats – a hybrid of Asian leopard cats and domestic cats – warning it would mean deliberately unleashing more genetic monsters into a country with wildlife already being devastated by feral and roaming pet cats.
The Invasive Species Council says mining companies should step in to cover the cost of fire ant outbreaks linked to their operations, after new detections confirmed infestations across five mine sites in Queensland’s Central Highlands and Isaac Council regions.
This week Treasurer Jim Chalmers will gather economic leaders to debate productivity – but unless they confront the rising costs of environmental decline and invasive species, they’ll miss the most urgent reform of our time.
The Invasive Species Council, NSW Nature Conservation Council and the Biodiversity Council have criticised a NSW Upper House inquiry report by the Animal Justice Party for failing to back legal changes to allow local governments to bring in cat containment rules to protect wildlife and pet cats.
Leaders from Australia’s environment sector have delivered a set of recommendations to the government ahead of its three-day economic roundtable this week.
The Invasive Species Council’s mission for a wildlife revival is entering an exciting new chapter, officially joining forces with Rewilding Australia.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed today’s $2.8 million federal funding announcement to strengthen bird flu biosecurity across captive-breeding threatened species programs.
The Invasive Species Council says the Minns Government has serious questions to answer as an upper house inquiry begins today into a Shooters Party Bill.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the Northern Territory government’s plan to expand Litchfield National Park but says additional, ongoing funding is critical to tackle the escalating gamba crisis.
An unprecedented survey of Western Australia’s local governments has revealed overwhelming support for stronger cat management laws.
The Invasive Species Council has today welcomed the release of the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service’s new 10-year invasive species strategy.
A major fire ant outbreak has been confirmed at BHP’s Broadmeadow coal mine, the first time this invasive super pest has been found in central Queensland.
A landmark study by UNSW released today has revealed the extraordinary impact of removing feral cats and foxes from a South Australian desert reserve – with small mammal populations inside the predator-free area up to 30 times higher than outside.
The Victorian National Parks Association, Invasive Species Council and Environment East Gippsland have slammed the Allan Government’s decision to open 130,000 hectares of Victoria’s Errinundra and Snowy River National Parks to seasonal deer hunting.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the Queensland Government’s announcement that fire ant treatment will now occur year-round, describing it as a smart, science-backed move that could significantly boost the effectiveness of the national eradication effort.
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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.
