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| Feral Animal | Where it came from | Why it was introduced | It is a threat to... | What can/is being done |
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Red Fox
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Europe and Asia | Early settlers were used to hunting foxes so they brought them here | Small native mammals such as bilby, bandicoots, & also birds | Foxes are trapped, hunted and poisoned |
| Fallow Deer  |
Europe | To hunt as sport and for food | They eat plants that are the food of native animals
Read more about wild deer in Australia |
They are hunted |
| European Rabbit & European Brown Hare  |
Europe & northern Africa | For food; released into the wild in 1850s for hunting | Eat plants, the food of native animals. Burrows destroy habitat of native animals. | Hunted, poisoned. A virus, calicivirus, used in 1995 to kill off rabbits. |
Pig |
Indonesia
& Europe |
For food Pigs escaped into the wild from farms, some were released to be hunted |
Eat plants that are food of native animals, and pollute their water supply,damage fences and dams, may spread disease to other animals |
Hunted & killed for their meat; skin used to make leather goods; hair for brushes |
Dromedary (one-humped camel) |
Africa, Middle East |
Around 1840, for transport & exploration, to carry loads. Escaped or released into the wild |
Eat plants, the food of native animals,pollute their water supply |
Not a great threat so are left alone. Some are used for racing. Some caught & sent overseas to Middle East. |
Swamp Buffalo |
India & Nepal |
As farm animals for milk and meat. They escaped into wild. |
Destroy habitat of native animals when they trample & wallow in swamps & wetlands | Hunted & trapped |
More feral animals....
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Sydenham & Thomas, Australia's Feral Animals
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Updated 2008
