The Invasive Species Council today condemned a decision by the NSW Government to open up about 40% of the state’s national parks and reserves to
Iconic Australian landscapes such as Kakadu and Lamington national parks will remain at the mercy of newly invading pests and diseases if new biosecurity and
Australia’s national floral emblem the golden wattle is now a sitting duck for newly evolving plant pests after the Australian Government failed to deal with
Australia’s national floral emblem the golden wattle is now a sitting duck for newly evolving plant pests after the Australian Government failed to deal with
Labor and Liberal are unashamedly promoting the fallacy that recreational hunting provides effective feral animal control in a bid to win the shooters vote at
The Invasive Species Council today called for better weed laws, policies and funding in NSW to tackle weed invasions that are overwhelming authorities and landholders.
Aerial shooting is urgently needed to stop feral horses destroying Kosciuszko National Park, with horse numbers in the Australian Alps have tripled since 2003.
Conservationists today called on the Victorian Government to stop promoting a weed its own researchers have identified as capable of invading half the state. The
The Invasive Species Council has joined 40 environment groups from across Australia to call on the Australian Government to act decisively to protect biodiversity in
Biofuels will become a catastrophe for Australia if governments fail to exercise more responsibility, an international conference organised by the CSIRO and OECD will be
Biofuels will become a catastrophe for Australia if governments fail to exercise more responsibility, an international conference organised by the CSIRO and OECD will be
The Invasive Species Council today called on the NSW Government to reject the Shooters’ Party bill that would open national parks to hunting, establish private
Tasmania is ill-equipped to deal with potentially massive weed invasions sparked by climate change, environment groups have warned ahead of a major weeds forum in
The Invasive Species Council is perplexed by a media release issued by Game Council NSW headlined “Declare Invasive Species Council feral, not wild deer”. In
The Invasive Species Council (ISC) today urged the Victorian and NSW governments to declare deer feral pests and implement control programs to protect the environment
The Invasive Species Council today condemned a decision by the NSW Government to open up about 40% of the state’s national parks and reserves to
Iconic Australian landscapes such as Kakadu and Lamington national parks will remain at the mercy of newly invading pests and diseases if new biosecurity and
Australia’s national floral emblem the golden wattle is now a sitting duck for newly evolving plant pests after the Australian Government failed to deal with
Australia’s national floral emblem the golden wattle is now a sitting duck for newly evolving plant pests after the Australian Government failed to deal with
Labor and Liberal are unashamedly promoting the fallacy that recreational hunting provides effective feral animal control in a bid to win the shooters vote at
The Invasive Species Council today called for better weed laws, policies and funding in NSW to tackle weed invasions that are overwhelming authorities and landholders.
Aerial shooting is urgently needed to stop feral horses destroying Kosciuszko National Park, with horse numbers in the Australian Alps have tripled since 2003.
Conservationists today called on the Victorian Government to stop promoting a weed its own researchers have identified as capable of invading half the state. The
The Invasive Species Council has joined 40 environment groups from across Australia to call on the Australian Government to act decisively to protect biodiversity in
Biofuels will become a catastrophe for Australia if governments fail to exercise more responsibility, an international conference organised by the CSIRO and OECD will be
Biofuels will become a catastrophe for Australia if governments fail to exercise more responsibility, an international conference organised by the CSIRO and OECD will be
The Invasive Species Council today called on the NSW Government to reject the Shooters’ Party bill that would open national parks to hunting, establish private
Tasmania is ill-equipped to deal with potentially massive weed invasions sparked by climate change, environment groups have warned ahead of a major weeds forum in
The Invasive Species Council is perplexed by a media release issued by Game Council NSW headlined “Declare Invasive Species Council feral, not wild deer”. In
The Invasive Species Council (ISC) today urged the Victorian and NSW governments to declare deer feral pests and implement control programs to protect the environment
The Invasive Species Council today condemned a decision by the NSW Government to open up about 40% of the state’s national parks and reserves to
Iconic Australian landscapes such as Kakadu and Lamington national parks will remain at the mercy of newly invading pests and diseases if new biosecurity and
Australia’s national floral emblem the golden wattle is now a sitting duck for newly evolving plant pests after the Australian Government failed to deal with
Australia’s national floral emblem the golden wattle is now a sitting duck for newly evolving plant pests after the Australian Government failed to deal with
Labor and Liberal are unashamedly promoting the fallacy that recreational hunting provides effective feral animal control in a bid to win the shooters vote at
The Invasive Species Council today called for better weed laws, policies and funding in NSW to tackle weed invasions that are overwhelming authorities and landholders.
Aerial shooting is urgently needed to stop feral horses destroying Kosciuszko National Park, with horse numbers in the Australian Alps have tripled since 2003.
Conservationists today called on the Victorian Government to stop promoting a weed its own researchers have identified as capable of invading half the state. The
The Invasive Species Council has joined 40 environment groups from across Australia to call on the Australian Government to act decisively to protect biodiversity in
Biofuels will become a catastrophe for Australia if governments fail to exercise more responsibility, an international conference organised by the CSIRO and OECD will be
Biofuels will become a catastrophe for Australia if governments fail to exercise more responsibility, an international conference organised by the CSIRO and OECD will be
The Invasive Species Council today called on the NSW Government to reject the Shooters’ Party bill that would open national parks to hunting, establish private
Tasmania is ill-equipped to deal with potentially massive weed invasions sparked by climate change, environment groups have warned ahead of a major weeds forum in
The Invasive Species Council is perplexed by a media release issued by Game Council NSW headlined “Declare Invasive Species Council feral, not wild deer”. In
The Invasive Species Council (ISC) today urged the Victorian and NSW governments to declare deer feral pests and implement control programs to protect the environment
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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.
