Feral cats, foxes and dingoes are routinely baited to protect wildlife and livestock. But does it matter what kind of bait is used? Do cats ignore it?
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New genetic research shows dingoes are not breeding with domestic dogs in the wild. But that could change if lethal control measures continue to decimate populations in Victoria.
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.
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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Honorary Research Fellow, University of Birmingham
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Associate Professor in Wildlife Conservation, Edith Cowan University
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Adjunct Lecturer, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Wildlife Conservation, Australian National University
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University Fellow in Biodiversity, Charles Darwin University
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Associate Professor of Behavioural Ecology, Curtin University
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Research Scientist, CSIRO
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Research Fellow in Ecology, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Ornithology, Ecology, Conservation and Parasitology, Charles Sturt University
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Visiting Fellow - Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University
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Adjunct Senior Research Scientist, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Fellow in Ecology, Adelaide University
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Associate Professor in Evolutionary Ecology, Australian National University
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DECRA Research Fellow in Biological Science, The University of Western Australia
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Wildlife Ecotoxicology, CSIRO