We analysed photos of predators and prey from 3,667 camera traps in southwest Victoria. We found feral cats were more abundant and behaved differently in areas where foxes were baited.
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The Australian government has at last produced a serious plan to control an introduced predator that is a big reason this country has one of the world’s worst records for species extinctions.
The NSW government has secured an extremely toxic bait to try to end the mouse plague. But there are safer alternatives.
Aerial baiting has been Australia’s foremost weapon against pest species for the past 74 years. But at what cost?
As soon as white colonists began farming sheep in Australia, they looked for a way to eradicate dingoes.
Rat baits are widely used to keep rodent pests at bay. But many Australian reptiles are resistant to the poison, potentially spreading these deadly compounds up the food chain.
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