Stop Australia’s extinction crisis - tell your federal member of parliament to act now
Australia’s wildlife is under attack. 365 days a year, 24 hours a day – invasive species are capturing and killing native animals, trashing and trampling protected areas and driving our wildlife closer to extinction. We need urgent action to stop it the crisis in its tracks.
Across our country, the sounds of the bush are falling silent.
Roaming cats kill billions of birds, mammals, reptiles and frogs. Fire ants continue to march through Queensland, inflicting painful burns and blinding wildlife. Feral pigs damage wetlands and forests, destroy habitat and pollute waterways.
Not only that, weeds creep through bushland, choking creeks and rivers and suffocating the life that depends on them.
Australia’s wildlife is found nowhere else on Earth. Yet invasive species are now responsible for 82% of all our mammal extinctions – more than anywhere else in the world.
We’ve given the federal government a clear plan to stop invasive species from driving more extinctions, and we’re already seeing progress. But without strong political pressure, the next round of funding for critical projects, like fire ant eradication, feral cat management and stopping the westward spread of feral deer could stall.
We need urgent action. And while there’s growing political momentum to act, it’s nowhere near fast enough to match the scale of the crisis facing our wildlife and wild places.
We need you to write to your local MP and share that action on invasive species is important to you. That you want them to invest in urgent funding. That you want leadership.
It could mean the difference between a wildlife revival or losing more of our precious wildlife, like the numbat, to extinction.
Complete the form to receive your free writing kit delivered to your inbox with everything you need to send a powerful email to your federal member of parliament. It will only take a few minutes.
You could say things like:
💬 I care deeply about protecting native wildlife from extinction.
💬 I want to see stronger leadership and funding to stop invasive species.
💬 Will you speak up for nature and make invasive species control a national priority?
You don’t have to be a good writer or know everything about the issue – just speak from the heart. Our writing kit will give you all the tips you need to get a head start.
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