Bushfire And Ferals A Recipe For Disaster
14 January 2020 – Invasives Species Council – Media Release
Efforts to save Australian wildlife from the impacts of catastrophic bushfires will fail unless the control of foxes, feral cats, horses and deer are a major part of wildlife disaster recovery plans, the Invasive Species Council warned today.
The Invasive Species Council is calling on federal and state governments to urgently roll out a three- point wildlife recovery program:
- Feral cat and fox control: Fast-track feral cat trapping and fox baiting at threatened mammal sites.
- Hard-hooved pest animal control: Accelerate trapping, ground and aerial shooting of feral deer, horses and pigs.
- Weed control: Target urban areas and disturbed sites susceptible to weed incursions.