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Welcome to the Invasive Animal Cooperative Research Centre: Australia’s largest integrated invasive animal research program.

The Invasive Animals CRC creates new technologies and integrated strategies to reduce the impact of invasive animals on Australia’s economy, environment, and people. We concentrate on developing smarter tools to prevent and detect new invasions, advanced and tactical tools to strengthen integrated management strategies of carp and other pest fish, and new tools and integrated management strategies for major pests including foxes, wild dogs, feral pigs, rats and mice, cane toads, feral cats and rabbits.

The Australasian Vertebrate Pest Conference is our industry’s premier event. Held every three years, it brings together researchers, managers, students and policy-makers dealing with pest animals.

Lock 20-23 June 2011 into your diary, visit the conference website and register today.

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Feral Professor wins Oscar of Australian Science

Professor Tony Peacock, Chief Executive Officer for the Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre, took out the gong for the highly contested category of ‘Promoting Understanding of Science’ in the prestigious Australian Museum Eureka prizes.

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IA CRC 2010 prize winners

The prizes recognise the fantastic work of our staff, researchers and collaborators. 2010 Prize winners are: Rick Shine (Chair's Prize for Scientific Excellence), Greg Mifsud (Participants' Prize for Invasive Animal Management) and Jessica King (CEO's Prize for Achievement as an IA CRC Student).

Report on cat ecology and management strategies

A report issued by the Invasive Animals CRC outlines current knowledge of cat ecology and management strategies in Australia.

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IA CRC Annual Report 2008-09

Our Annual Report has been submitted to the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.

[ Click here ] to visit the IA CRC Annual Reports page

Rabbits and wild dogs biggest feral pest cost to agriculture

A new report reveals the economic impact of rabbits, wild dogs, mice, foxes and feral pigs and pest birds is estimated at over $740 million per year.

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IACRC awarded Caring for our Country funding

Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre has been offered $1.5 million from the Caring for our Country 2009-10 business plan competitive funding round for its $2.7 million 3 year project, "RHD Boost: Import and evaluate new RHD virus strains to strengthen rabbit biocontrol".

[ Click here ] to visit the Caring for our Country website.

New law creates springboard for feral animal problems

The new NSW Game and Feral Animal Control Amendment Bill 2009 runs the risk of increasing Australia’s feral animal populations.

The IA CRC is concerned with the new provision for game reserves to be established in NSW, where invasive game animals — many of which have been assessed by the national Vertebrate Pests Committee as ‘extreme’ risks — can be ‘housed’ and birds can be ‘released’ for private hunting.

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IslandNet now online

islandNet, the web component of the CRC offshore islands network, is now live. It can be accessed via the www.feral.org.au website and contains links to resources and information. The first islandNet newsletter can also be downloaded from the site.

[ Click here ] to visit the islandNet website.

Ferals in the classroom

Feral Focus, an online education resource for high school teachers, is now available.

The site provides curriculum based activities which address the complexities of dealing with pest animals in Australia.

[ Visit Feral Focus ]