With Christmas and school holidays just around the corner, families and holidaymakers in northern NSW and South-East Queensland are being urged to take action against one of Australia’s most destructive pests. The Invasive Species Council is calling on local communities to join the fight against fire ants and make a lasting impact this holiday season.
The Invasive Species Council is warning that an ambitious program to eradicate feral cats from the Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island is being undermined by an outdated law which stops feral cats being killed within 1km of a residential dwelling.
The Invasive Species Council and Cedar Grove Landcare Group are sounding the alarm over a huge build-up of fire ant infestations along the Logan River, southwest of Brisbane.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the early commitment to improve fire ant management by Queensland’s new Minister for Primary Industries, Tony Perrett.
The South Australian government has today unveiled a bold new plan to eradicate feral deer from Adelaide’s outskirts, but its success hinges on securing additional funding.
New analysis from the Invasive Species Council has found roaming pet cats are estimated to have killed over 62 million of Sydney’s native animals this year.
Fire ants have been detected in northern New South Wales after a turf delivery from southeast Queensland, marking the state’s first incursion in nearly a year. The previous detection occurred in January, when a nest was found in Wardell, just south of Ballina.
The NSW Upper House has today released its report following an inquiry into the aerial shooting of wild horses in Kosciuszko National Park.
For the first time in over 2 decades, significant numbers of feral horses have been removed from the Blue Mountains, following a landmark aerial control program undertaken by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS).
The Invasive Species Council welcomes the new Queensland government and commends Premier David Crisafulli on his commitment to tackling invasive species, ensuring Queensland’s unique wildlife and landscapes are better protected from the invasive species mega threat.
The Invasive Species Council says the federal government’s response to the fire ant inquiry is disappointing and seems to miss the point of the Senate’s important recommendations.
The Albanese government is finally investing a serious amount into preparation for what could be the worst environmental disaster in Australia’s history.
A federally coordinated scenario planning exercise has demonstrated Australia is not yet prepared to protect Australian wildlife from an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu, according to leading Australian wildlife groups.
LNP to boost yellow crazy ant eradication efforts in Far North Queensland but more is needed to prevent these super pests from wreaking irreversible havoc on Queensland’s natural treasures.
The Invasive Species Council is calling on the next Queensland Government to make the expansion of the free fire ant bait program a top priority in its first 100 days, as critical areas remain exposed.
With Christmas and school holidays just around the corner, families and holidaymakers in northern NSW and South-East Queensland are being urged to take action against one of Australia’s most destructive pests. The Invasive Species Council is calling on local communities to join the fight against fire ants and make a lasting impact this holiday season.
The Invasive Species Council is warning that an ambitious program to eradicate feral cats from the Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island is being undermined by an outdated law which stops feral cats being killed within 1km of a residential dwelling.
The Invasive Species Council and Cedar Grove Landcare Group are sounding the alarm over a huge build-up of fire ant infestations along the Logan River, southwest of Brisbane.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the early commitment to improve fire ant management by Queensland’s new Minister for Primary Industries, Tony Perrett.
The South Australian government has today unveiled a bold new plan to eradicate feral deer from Adelaide’s outskirts, but its success hinges on securing additional funding.
New analysis from the Invasive Species Council has found roaming pet cats are estimated to have killed over 62 million of Sydney’s native animals this year.
Fire ants have been detected in northern New South Wales after a turf delivery from southeast Queensland, marking the state’s first incursion in nearly a year. The previous detection occurred in January, when a nest was found in Wardell, just south of Ballina.
The NSW Upper House has today released its report following an inquiry into the aerial shooting of wild horses in Kosciuszko National Park.
For the first time in over 2 decades, significant numbers of feral horses have been removed from the Blue Mountains, following a landmark aerial control program undertaken by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS).
The Invasive Species Council welcomes the new Queensland government and commends Premier David Crisafulli on his commitment to tackling invasive species, ensuring Queensland’s unique wildlife and landscapes are better protected from the invasive species mega threat.
The Invasive Species Council says the federal government’s response to the fire ant inquiry is disappointing and seems to miss the point of the Senate’s important recommendations.
The Albanese government is finally investing a serious amount into preparation for what could be the worst environmental disaster in Australia’s history.
A federally coordinated scenario planning exercise has demonstrated Australia is not yet prepared to protect Australian wildlife from an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu, according to leading Australian wildlife groups.
LNP to boost yellow crazy ant eradication efforts in Far North Queensland but more is needed to prevent these super pests from wreaking irreversible havoc on Queensland’s natural treasures.
The Invasive Species Council is calling on the next Queensland Government to make the expansion of the free fire ant bait program a top priority in its first 100 days, as critical areas remain exposed.
With Christmas and school holidays just around the corner, families and holidaymakers in northern NSW and South-East Queensland are being urged to take action against one of Australia’s most destructive pests. The Invasive Species Council is calling on local communities to join the fight against fire ants and make a lasting impact this holiday season.
The Invasive Species Council is warning that an ambitious program to eradicate feral cats from the Dudley Peninsula on Kangaroo Island is being undermined by an outdated law which stops feral cats being killed within 1km of a residential dwelling.
The Invasive Species Council and Cedar Grove Landcare Group are sounding the alarm over a huge build-up of fire ant infestations along the Logan River, southwest of Brisbane.
The Invasive Species Council has welcomed the early commitment to improve fire ant management by Queensland’s new Minister for Primary Industries, Tony Perrett.
The South Australian government has today unveiled a bold new plan to eradicate feral deer from Adelaide’s outskirts, but its success hinges on securing additional funding.
New analysis from the Invasive Species Council has found roaming pet cats are estimated to have killed over 62 million of Sydney’s native animals this year.
Fire ants have been detected in northern New South Wales after a turf delivery from southeast Queensland, marking the state’s first incursion in nearly a year. The previous detection occurred in January, when a nest was found in Wardell, just south of Ballina.
The NSW Upper House has today released its report following an inquiry into the aerial shooting of wild horses in Kosciuszko National Park.
For the first time in over 2 decades, significant numbers of feral horses have been removed from the Blue Mountains, following a landmark aerial control program undertaken by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS).
The Invasive Species Council welcomes the new Queensland government and commends Premier David Crisafulli on his commitment to tackling invasive species, ensuring Queensland’s unique wildlife and landscapes are better protected from the invasive species mega threat.
The Invasive Species Council says the federal government’s response to the fire ant inquiry is disappointing and seems to miss the point of the Senate’s important recommendations.
The Albanese government is finally investing a serious amount into preparation for what could be the worst environmental disaster in Australia’s history.
A federally coordinated scenario planning exercise has demonstrated Australia is not yet prepared to protect Australian wildlife from an outbreak of the deadly H5N1 bird flu, according to leading Australian wildlife groups.
LNP to boost yellow crazy ant eradication efforts in Far North Queensland but more is needed to prevent these super pests from wreaking irreversible havoc on Queensland’s natural treasures.
The Invasive Species Council is calling on the next Queensland Government to make the expansion of the free fire ant bait program a top priority in its first 100 days, as critical areas remain exposed.
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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.
