How rangers used innovative tactic to capture 16 invasive ‘mini-bulldozers’ in national park

Feral pigs are one of the country’s worst introduced species, and authorities are getting creative in their attempts…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/121734/

"During the horror 2019-2020 Black Summer bushfires, which tore across more than half of the island, destroying countless native animals and protected plant species, it's believed feral population #pig numbers were also reduced by an astonishing 90 per cent —an unexpected but welcomed outcome"

https://au.news.yahoo.com/unexpected-way-pristine-aussie-island-wiped-out-invasive-threat-not-nice-053229896.html

#invasivespecies #eradication #feralpigs #KangarooIsland

Interesting. One of the most remarkable eradications of a feral species from an island in history, and the collective response from the media is ... meh

https://conservationbytes.com/2024/12/04/5000-piggies-500-piggies-100-piggies-and-there-there-was-none/

Consider that Kangaroo Island — Australia's 3rd largest at 4430 km2 — is just over half the size of Corsica

Removing all the pigs was no simple task

#invasivespecies #feralpigs #KangarooIsland #Karta

Probably not the Canadian invasion they were expecting: https://boingboing.net/2023/02/27/more-than-30-50-feral-canadian-hybrid-super-pigs-reportedly-headed-towards-usa.html

#Canada #USA #FeralPigs