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.
[
Click here ] to download the full report.
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.
[ Click
here ] to read more.
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.
Join the RabbitScan!
RabbitScan is a world-first 'rabbit census', using a
community-based approach with Google Maps technology.
We urge landholders, groups, schools, industry, business and
government to participate.
RabbitScan month starts on May 1 with a target of 5000 sites
across Australia.
Visit [ http://www.rabbitscan.net.au/ ]
today to register and for more information.
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 ]
Foxes identified from scats collected across Tasmania
Eight individual foxes have been identified from genotyping of
scats collected in Tasmania.
Five different males and 2 female foxes have been identified
with 1 sample requiring further testing to determine the sex.
Dietary analysis of fox positive scats identified over 10
different animal species including ringtail & brushtail
possums, eastern barred bandicoots, wallabies, mice and sheep.
[ Click here to read more - Fox Eradication
Program website ]
[ Click
here to go to the Tasmanian demonstration site page - IA CRC
website ]
