Photos and Story by JAMES WOODFORD Entire populations of some of Lord Howe Island’s unique wildlife are to be herded and brought into captivity for their safety. Cattle and chickens will be slaughtered or sent away. Even though the threat is negligible, dogs will be muzzled and children brought close. Then for 100 days a [...]
Entries Tagged as 'ferals'
PARADISE V. VERMIN: LORD HOWE’S WAR ON RATS
October 31st, 2009 · 7 Comments · News
Tags: ferals·lord howe island·rats·wildlife
Mr Foxy Whiskered Gentleman Your Days Are Numbered
July 11th, 2009 · 16 Comments · Blog
A swamp wallaby – one of the few native mammals surviving the fox invasion. Picture by Wil Allen Story by JAMES WOODFORD Having left Sydney five years ago, we have discovered that farms and forests are not just being over run by seachangers but also by a secret underworld of swarms of exotic pests. In [...]
Tags: ferals·foxes·indian myna·rabbits·rats·south coast·voluntary conservation agreement·wildlife management
Throwing the Babies Out With the Bucket Water
November 24th, 2008 · 4 Comments · News
Pictures and Story by JAMES WOODFORD This week Tim Fletcher threw out 70,000 babies with the bucket water. Fletcher’s job with the Southern Rivers Catchment Management Authority, partly funded by the NSW Environmental Trust, is to help rehabilitate the Snowy – the nation’s most famous river. In the past three weeks Authority staff, local landowners, [...]
Tags: australian bass·ferals·snowy river·southern rivers catchment management authority
Rattus evictus: rodent eradication leads to new lease of life for island haven
November 15th, 2008 · 3 Comments · News
Story and Pictures by James Woodford See Stuart Cohen’s Flickr site - a fantastic collection of Brush Island photos from this week’s expedition After a night trying to sleep amidst thousands of feathered revellers, seabird scientist, Nicholas Carlile, says it is as if Brush Island has just survived a huge, impromptu party. Uninhabited by humans, the [...]
