Invasive Animals

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That'll overdo it, Pig!

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-22/ ... /103001416

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Like it or not, when it comes to culling invasive large pests, Death From Above gets the numbers.

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/enviro ... 5e9cu.html

And, in the Snowy high country, it's on.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... der-threat

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That "cane toad sossidges" thing that was going to save the quolls? Not going as well as they'd hoped.

Work on the problem continues. Here's hoping the warty fuckers don't get to the Pilbara.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/202 ... /103003684

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Who ya gonna call? Goat-busters!

(Now with added dingo.)

Under a new draft plan, released by the federal government on Friday, a range of actions will be explored to manage goat numbers, including thermal cameras that improve detection for aerial culling, while drones will be used for aerial surveys, as well as baiting and trapping methods.

The plan also proposes using dingoes to hunt feral goats, a method that Dr Barry Traill, coordinator for Landholders for Dingoes, said had a lot of merit.

Dingoes eradicate feral goats effectively, he said, as areas like central Australia and the Northern Territory have high dingo populations and very few feral goats.

Traill said this method was cheap, and would be less cruel than baiting.

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/enviro ... 5egxj.html

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At last, some action on those shredders of alpine habitat.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-06/ ... /103196466

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At last, some action on those shredders of alpine habitat.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-06/ ... /103196466

It would be amusing if it wasn't so sad, but the bleeding heart horse lovers who opposed the earlier culling in favour of entirely impractical and unworkable capture and tame/domesticate/sell to loving family method just made the inevitable culling far worse than it should have been, oh well!

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An invite from the Invasive Species Council, for those with an interest in the brumby issue.

What is the root of the story behind brumby advocates?

Our special guest Dr. Isa Menzies will help answer some burning questions about the core of the feral horse debate.

How did they become bound up in the identity of a small but vocal minority? Why did the NSW government change laws to protect feral horses in a national park? Is there a connection between this and the voice referendum? We will dive into these and more in our upcoming Aliens Among Us webinar.

Dr. Isa Menzies featured in the Where The Water Starts documentary explaining that horses were an undeniable advantage to Europeans in their colonisation of Australia.

Dr Isa Menzies is a cultural historian with a research interest in horses & Australian identity. With a PhD in cultural studies from ANU she has published many scholarly articles on this topic.

Due to hard hoofed damage caused by feral horses in Kosciuszko National Park, and their numbers increasing each year, we will also discuss what urgent action is needed to save the 12 species threatened with extinction by feral horses.
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SX4 ... gistration
Getting a ticket is FREE, but spots are limited, so make sure to register early to secure your place.

What: Aliens Among Us – Horses, History and Havoc
When: Monday 11th Dec, 12-1pm AEDT
Where: Online on Zoom – register for the link to join (plus calendar and email reminders)

I’ll be hosting the session. Our panel guests for this session will be:

Richard Swain, Indigenous ambassador for the Invasive Species Council
Linda is a Rak Mak Mak Marranunggu woman and Associate Professor at Charles Darwin University Faculty of Arts.
Tim Low, writer and biologist

REGISTRATION LINKY: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SX4 ... gistration

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Not just Oz high country. Impact of wild horses on Nevada's wilderness also prompts action.

https://apnews.com/article/wild-horses- ... dbf77ea2b8

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Apparently brumbies can be openly shot, or perhaps done away with quietly after claims they're being rehomed.

The New South Wales government has launched a multi-agency investigation into the National Parks and Wildlife brumby re-homing program after the alleged discovery of hundreds of dead horses on a southern NSW property.

Wagga Wagga City Council (WWCC) said this week it had found more than 500 slaughtered horse carcasses in various states of decay at a property outside the city, a number the property owner disputes.

The state government, Environmental Protection Authority, NSW Police, NSW Food Authority, Local Land Services, Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and Racing NSW are now investigating the process of re-homing wild horses from Kosciuszko National Park.

In a statement, Environment Minister Penny Sharpe said she had asked the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) to also investigate the rehoming program.

"The NSW government is urgently bringing together relevant agencies and will provide further updates shortly," she said.

A government spokesperson clarified that the investigation was expected to look into the restrictions currently placed on licensed re-homers in relation to whether they could euthanase horses.

It will also investigate the owner of the Wagga Wagga property.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/ ... /103746954

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Apparently brumbies can be openly shot, or perhaps done away with quietly after claims they're being rehomed.

The New South Wales government has launched a multi-agency investigation into the National Parks and Wildlife brumby re-homing program after the alleged discovery of hundreds of dead horses on a southern NSW property.

Wagga Wagga City Council (WWCC) said this week it had found more than 500 slaughtered horse carcasses in various states of decay at a property outside the city, a number the property owner disputes.

The state government, Environmental Protection Authority, NSW Police, NSW Food Authority, Local Land Services, Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and Racing NSW are now investigating the process of re-homing wild horses from Kosciuszko National Park.

In a statement, Environment Minister Penny Sharpe said she had asked the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) to also investigate the rehoming program.

"The NSW government is urgently bringing together relevant agencies and will provide further updates shortly," she said.

A government spokesperson clarified that the investigation was expected to look into the restrictions currently placed on licensed re-homers in relation to whether they could euthanase horses.

It will also investigate the owner of the Wagga Wagga property.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/ ... /103746954

More:

In short: The National Parks and Wildlife Service Wild Horse Rehoming program has been suspended.

It comes after more than 500 horse carcasses were found at a property in the state's south.

What's next? An investigation report is expected to be handed down on June 14.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-26/ ... /103771662