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...
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Agricultural sector costs from pest animals
In many cases it just takes a primary producer to walk out their back door to see impacts from invasive pest animals. Flip open the newspaper or flick through your screen – peak industry bodies advocating for more funding to fight the invasive pest problem. Amongst many recent publications is the Australian Government Department of...