
Invasive Species Invasive species have already caused at least 45 extinctions of unique Australian wildlife and they imperil 42% of nationally listed threatened species (to
TASK 1: Strengthen Australia’s threat abatement system The EPBC Act is limited in its ability to manage key threats or quickly respond to acute threats
Fixing the System Strengthening Australia’s threat abatement system To stop extinctions and restore ecological health, Australia needs to: protect and restore threatened species and ecological
Habitat destruction, degradation and fragmentation Habitat destruction, degradation and fragmentation have been the major cause of plant extinctions in Australia, and imperil 27% of nationally
TASK 2: Secure adequate funding for threat abatement [For] funding programs that encourage restoration and threat abatement…the distribution of funding is often scattergun, unreliable and
Threats To Nature In Australia Nature besieged Since 1788, Australia’s plants and animals have been besieged by numerous threats – voracious new predators, large-scale destruction
Adverse fire regimes The catastrophic 2019–20 Black Summer bushfires, which killed or displaced 3 billion animals, highlighted Australia’s long-term failures to prepare for and prevent
TASK 3: Inspire a national commitment to threat abatement Australians have inherited an astonishing natural legacy. Hosting some 8% of the planet’s species, we are
Success stories Solutions for successful threat abatement in Australia Abating the big threats to nature is a daunting challenge. But Australians have proven it can
Updates Threats to nature updates Optional introductory paragraph to the TTN updates section. Dig deeper Further reading link on another website. Further reading link on
Climate change and extreme weather Greenhouse gas emissions are altering the basic physical and chemical environment for life on Earth – carbon dioxide concentrations, temperatures,
Threat Guides Threats to Nature Field Guide – Feral Pigs Feral pigs (Sus scrofas) imperil at least 149 nationally listed threatened species. They prey on
Averting Extinctions Our national threat abatement system is currently failing to avert Australia’s extinction crisis. This is not because the system is fundamentally flawed. The elements are
AUSTRALIA IS A WORLD LEADER IN EXTINCTIONWe need an ambitious, systematic, well-funded, and nationally coordinated threat abatement system. AUSTRALIA IS A WORLD LEADER IN EXTINCTIONWe
Invasive Species Invasive species have already caused at least 45 extinctions of unique Australian wildlife and they imperil 42% of nationally listed threatened species (to
TASK 1: Strengthen Australia’s threat abatement system The EPBC Act is limited in its ability to manage key threats or quickly respond to acute threats
Fixing the System Strengthening Australia’s threat abatement system To stop extinctions and restore ecological health, Australia needs to: protect and restore threatened species and ecological
Habitat destruction, degradation and fragmentation Habitat destruction, degradation and fragmentation have been the major cause of plant extinctions in Australia, and imperil 27% of nationally
TASK 2: Secure adequate funding for threat abatement [For] funding programs that encourage restoration and threat abatement…the distribution of funding is often scattergun, unreliable and
Threats To Nature In Australia Nature besieged Since 1788, Australia’s plants and animals have been besieged by numerous threats – voracious new predators, large-scale destruction
Adverse fire regimes The catastrophic 2019–20 Black Summer bushfires, which killed or displaced 3 billion animals, highlighted Australia’s long-term failures to prepare for and prevent
TASK 3: Inspire a national commitment to threat abatement Australians have inherited an astonishing natural legacy. Hosting some 8% of the planet’s species, we are
Success stories Solutions for successful threat abatement in Australia Abating the big threats to nature is a daunting challenge. But Australians have proven it can
Updates Threats to nature updates Optional introductory paragraph to the TTN updates section. Dig deeper Further reading link on another website. Further reading link on
Climate change and extreme weather Greenhouse gas emissions are altering the basic physical and chemical environment for life on Earth – carbon dioxide concentrations, temperatures,
Threat Guides Threats to Nature Field Guide – Feral Pigs Feral pigs (Sus scrofas) imperil at least 149 nationally listed threatened species. They prey on
Averting Extinctions Our national threat abatement system is currently failing to avert Australia’s extinction crisis. This is not because the system is fundamentally flawed. The elements are
AUSTRALIA IS A WORLD LEADER IN EXTINCTIONWe need an ambitious, systematic, well-funded, and nationally coordinated threat abatement system. AUSTRALIA IS A WORLD LEADER IN EXTINCTIONWe
Invasive Species Invasive species have already caused at least 45 extinctions of unique Australian wildlife and they imperil 42% of nationally listed threatened species (to
TASK 1: Strengthen Australia’s threat abatement system The EPBC Act is limited in its ability to manage key threats or quickly respond to acute threats
Fixing the System Strengthening Australia’s threat abatement system To stop extinctions and restore ecological health, Australia needs to: protect and restore threatened species and ecological
Habitat destruction, degradation and fragmentation Habitat destruction, degradation and fragmentation have been the major cause of plant extinctions in Australia, and imperil 27% of nationally
TASK 2: Secure adequate funding for threat abatement [For] funding programs that encourage restoration and threat abatement…the distribution of funding is often scattergun, unreliable and
Threats To Nature In Australia Nature besieged Since 1788, Australia’s plants and animals have been besieged by numerous threats – voracious new predators, large-scale destruction
Adverse fire regimes The catastrophic 2019–20 Black Summer bushfires, which killed or displaced 3 billion animals, highlighted Australia’s long-term failures to prepare for and prevent
TASK 3: Inspire a national commitment to threat abatement Australians have inherited an astonishing natural legacy. Hosting some 8% of the planet’s species, we are
Success stories Solutions for successful threat abatement in Australia Abating the big threats to nature is a daunting challenge. But Australians have proven it can
Updates Threats to nature updates Optional introductory paragraph to the TTN updates section. Dig deeper Further reading link on another website. Further reading link on
Climate change and extreme weather Greenhouse gas emissions are altering the basic physical and chemical environment for life on Earth – carbon dioxide concentrations, temperatures,
Threat Guides Threats to Nature Field Guide – Feral Pigs Feral pigs (Sus scrofas) imperil at least 149 nationally listed threatened species. They prey on
Averting Extinctions Our national threat abatement system is currently failing to avert Australia’s extinction crisis. This is not because the system is fundamentally flawed. The elements are
AUSTRALIA IS A WORLD LEADER IN EXTINCTIONWe need an ambitious, systematic, well-funded, and nationally coordinated threat abatement system. AUSTRALIA IS A WORLD LEADER IN EXTINCTIONWe
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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. The Invasive Species Council supports voting ‘YES’ for a Voice to Parliament.
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.