Taking information from the Department of Primary Industry website around biosecurity, it summarises the devastation invasive animals can cause to landowners, including preying on livestock and wildlife, increasing grazing pressure on pastures and native species, damaging crops and plants, competing with native wildlife for food and habitat, spreading diseases to people and other animals, (including stock and pets) and damaging fences and other infrastructure.
Furthermore, it goes on to highlight the responsibilities for all:
Everyone is responsible for managing the biosecurity risks and impacts that pest animals create and land managers have particular obligations to reduce pest animal risks on their properties and to their neighbours.
I’m sure its out there, a summary of what farmers are obligated to act on, and the various obligations imposed on them to allow them to grow the food that arrives at our dinner table. I’m betting there’s a few but I think we can all agree biosecurity is up there as important.
How can we work together better to fight back against the growing pressures created by invasive animals?
Read more: https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/biosecurity but specifically https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/biosecurity/vertebrate-pests
