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Invasive species in Australia

10,000 Birds

European Red Foxes were brought into Australia in the 1850′s for recreational hunting and soon spread rapidly. The European Rabbit was also introduced for hunting by early settlers and it soon bred and became highly invasive. Like the European Rabbit they degrade the soil and eat the vegetation and need to be controlled.

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Comebackers

10,000 Birds

That is a big difference compared to the 2,000+ singing males detected in 2012, well above the recovery goal for this species set by the U.S. In the mid 1700s, fur-traders began introducing foxes up and down the Aleutian chain, in order to generate some more raw material work with. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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