From ABC News today: The Victorian Government is considering releasing the animals into the states Wilsons Promontory National Park in an attempt to re-establish an ecological balance between feral cats, foxes and native wildlife. Scientists say a bold management approach such as this is needed to save threatened species as a lack of large predators on the Australian mainland has allowed feral cats and foxes to decimate native wildlife populations and threatened species. Feral cats have been in Australia for more than 100 years but mammalogist Professor Tim Flannery said their devastating impact on native wildlife has grown since recent pest management programs have decreased fox populations. As we have started to drive down fox populations by using bait... the next largest predator, the feral cat, has popped up because it [has taken] advantage of an ecological niche that has opened up for it, he said. Read the rest - by clicking on link below:
Posted on: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 10:31:17 +0000
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