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. It
covers cat impacts, abundance and distribution, legislation and
current management efforts, techniques for control and factors
limiting effective management.
[
Click here ] to download the report.
IA CRC Annual Report 2008-09
The Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre's 2008-09
Annual Report has been submitted to the Department of Innovation,
Industry, Science and Research. It is available online. The annual
report is complemented by the IA CRC research portfolio
summary.
[ Click
here ] to visit the IA CRC Annual Reports page.
IA CRC 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 CRCoffshore 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.
Get involved in 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 online.
The site provides curriculum based activities which address the
complexities of dealing with pest animals in Australia.
If you are interested in schools' education, schools' curriculum
and feral animals then come along to this event.
[ More info on Feral Focus
launch event ]
[ 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 ]
