The first confirmed death of an Australian sea lion from H5 bird flu has raised fears about what could happen if the virus takes hold in the threatened species, as the Invasive Species Council warns Australia needs a much greater investment in helping wildlife survive and recover.
The Albanese Government’s $20 million to help Australia’s wildlife survive the escalating bird flu crisis is a deeply unserious response to the seriousness of the problem.
The Invasive Species Council says the arrival of H5 in Tasmania makes urgent investment in wildlife resilience even more critical – including reducing existing pressures from feral cats, pigs and deer and protecting important offshore islands and breeding sites.
The Australian Government invests in building community resilience to natural disasters and supporting recovery. What should we expect of our governments when it’s native wildlife facing catastrophe?
Following the release of government risk ratings revealing the potential devastation facing Australian wildlife from H5 bird flu, the Invasive Species Council is calling on the Albanese Government to immediately commit $200 million to boost the capacity of species to survive and recover from disease outbreaks.
The Invasive Species Council says the Australian Government’s decision to transition to the National Management Agreement for H5 bird flu in wildlife marks a significant shift in Australia’s response and confirms H5 bird flu is no longer being treated as a disease that can be eradicated from wildlife.
The Invasive Species Council says the suspected detection of H5N1 bird flu in a greater-crested tern at Seal Bay on Kangaroo Island could mean the disease is on the doorstep of one of Australia’s most important sea lion colonies, warning urgent investment is needed in wildlife resilience before more threatened species are put at risk.
The Invasive Species Council says the suspected detection of 7 new cases of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu in greater crested terns at the same site in South Australia may mark a significant turning point in Australia’s outbreak, raising concerns the virus is now spreading within local wild bird populations.
The construction crews are working overtime at Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary in the Australian Capital Territory. Armed with federal emergency funding, workers are assembling 16 specialised isolation pens.
The Invasive Species Council says the first suspected case of highly pathogenic H5 bird flu in Queensland highlights the urgent need for a $200 million wildlife resilience package to protect native species.
Environment Minister Murray Watt is being urged to block a proposal to allow live parrot imports from countries beyond New Zealand, with conservationists warning it would expose Australia’s native birds to unnecessary disease risks.
The Invasive Species Council says the first suspected case of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu in New South Wales is another stark reminder that Australia must prepare for the virus to spread more widely through native wildlife and should urgently invest in a $200 million wildlife resilience package.
The Invasive Species Council says the confirmation of a third H5N1 bird flu detection, this time in South Australia, highlights the growing threat facing Australian wildlife and reinforces the need for an urgent $200 million wildlife resilience package.
The Invasive Species Council is calling on the Albanese Government to invest at least $200 million over the next two years to strengthen wildlife resilience after authorities confirmed the first detection of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in a wild migratory bird in Western Australia.
The Invasive Species Council says a suspected detection of avian influenza in a migratory wild bird in southern Western Australia is a deeply concerning development
The first confirmed death of an Australian sea lion from H5 bird flu has raised fears about what could happen if the virus takes hold in the threatened species, as the Invasive Species Council warns Australia needs a much greater investment in helping wildlife survive and recover.
The Albanese Government’s $20 million to help Australia’s wildlife survive the escalating bird flu crisis is a deeply unserious response to the seriousness of the problem.
The Invasive Species Council says the arrival of H5 in Tasmania makes urgent investment in wildlife resilience even more critical – including reducing existing pressures from feral cats, pigs and deer and protecting important offshore islands and breeding sites.
The Australian Government invests in building community resilience to natural disasters and supporting recovery. What should we expect of our governments when it’s native wildlife facing catastrophe?
Following the release of government risk ratings revealing the potential devastation facing Australian wildlife from H5 bird flu, the Invasive Species Council is calling on the Albanese Government to immediately commit $200 million to boost the capacity of species to survive and recover from disease outbreaks.
The Invasive Species Council says the Australian Government’s decision to transition to the National Management Agreement for H5 bird flu in wildlife marks a significant shift in Australia’s response and confirms H5 bird flu is no longer being treated as a disease that can be eradicated from wildlife.
The Invasive Species Council says the suspected detection of H5N1 bird flu in a greater-crested tern at Seal Bay on Kangaroo Island could mean the disease is on the doorstep of one of Australia’s most important sea lion colonies, warning urgent investment is needed in wildlife resilience before more threatened species are put at risk.
The Invasive Species Council says the suspected detection of 7 new cases of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu in greater crested terns at the same site in South Australia may mark a significant turning point in Australia’s outbreak, raising concerns the virus is now spreading within local wild bird populations.
The construction crews are working overtime at Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary in the Australian Capital Territory. Armed with federal emergency funding, workers are assembling 16 specialised isolation pens.
The Invasive Species Council says the first suspected case of highly pathogenic H5 bird flu in Queensland highlights the urgent need for a $200 million wildlife resilience package to protect native species.
Environment Minister Murray Watt is being urged to block a proposal to allow live parrot imports from countries beyond New Zealand, with conservationists warning it would expose Australia’s native birds to unnecessary disease risks.
The Invasive Species Council says the first suspected case of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu in New South Wales is another stark reminder that Australia must prepare for the virus to spread more widely through native wildlife and should urgently invest in a $200 million wildlife resilience package.
The Invasive Species Council says the confirmation of a third H5N1 bird flu detection, this time in South Australia, highlights the growing threat facing Australian wildlife and reinforces the need for an urgent $200 million wildlife resilience package.
The Invasive Species Council is calling on the Albanese Government to invest at least $200 million over the next two years to strengthen wildlife resilience after authorities confirmed the first detection of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in a wild migratory bird in Western Australia.
The Invasive Species Council says a suspected detection of avian influenza in a migratory wild bird in southern Western Australia is a deeply concerning development
The first confirmed death of an Australian sea lion from H5 bird flu has raised fears about what could happen if the virus takes hold in the threatened species, as the Invasive Species Council warns Australia needs a much greater investment in helping wildlife survive and recover.
The Albanese Government’s $20 million to help Australia’s wildlife survive the escalating bird flu crisis is a deeply unserious response to the seriousness of the problem.
The Invasive Species Council says the arrival of H5 in Tasmania makes urgent investment in wildlife resilience even more critical – including reducing existing pressures from feral cats, pigs and deer and protecting important offshore islands and breeding sites.
The Australian Government invests in building community resilience to natural disasters and supporting recovery. What should we expect of our governments when it’s native wildlife facing catastrophe?
Following the release of government risk ratings revealing the potential devastation facing Australian wildlife from H5 bird flu, the Invasive Species Council is calling on the Albanese Government to immediately commit $200 million to boost the capacity of species to survive and recover from disease outbreaks.
The Invasive Species Council says the Australian Government’s decision to transition to the National Management Agreement for H5 bird flu in wildlife marks a significant shift in Australia’s response and confirms H5 bird flu is no longer being treated as a disease that can be eradicated from wildlife.
The Invasive Species Council says the suspected detection of H5N1 bird flu in a greater-crested tern at Seal Bay on Kangaroo Island could mean the disease is on the doorstep of one of Australia’s most important sea lion colonies, warning urgent investment is needed in wildlife resilience before more threatened species are put at risk.
The Invasive Species Council says the suspected detection of 7 new cases of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu in greater crested terns at the same site in South Australia may mark a significant turning point in Australia’s outbreak, raising concerns the virus is now spreading within local wild bird populations.
The construction crews are working overtime at Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary in the Australian Capital Territory. Armed with federal emergency funding, workers are assembling 16 specialised isolation pens.
The Invasive Species Council says the first suspected case of highly pathogenic H5 bird flu in Queensland highlights the urgent need for a $200 million wildlife resilience package to protect native species.
Environment Minister Murray Watt is being urged to block a proposal to allow live parrot imports from countries beyond New Zealand, with conservationists warning it would expose Australia’s native birds to unnecessary disease risks.
The Invasive Species Council says the first suspected case of highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu in New South Wales is another stark reminder that Australia must prepare for the virus to spread more widely through native wildlife and should urgently invest in a $200 million wildlife resilience package.
The Invasive Species Council says the confirmation of a third H5N1 bird flu detection, this time in South Australia, highlights the growing threat facing Australian wildlife and reinforces the need for an urgent $200 million wildlife resilience package.
The Invasive Species Council is calling on the Albanese Government to invest at least $200 million over the next two years to strengthen wildlife resilience after authorities confirmed the first detection of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza in a wild migratory bird in Western Australia.
The Invasive Species Council says a suspected detection of avian influenza in a migratory wild bird in southern Western Australia is a deeply concerning development
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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.
