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Finally. Jasmine the Greyhound

Animal Person

It wouldn’t matter if it was a puppy, a fox cub, a rabbit or, any other lost or hurting Animal, Jasmine would peer into the box or cage and, where possible, deliver a welcoming lick. But she is like that with all of our animals, even the rabbits. But Jasmine had other ideas. Geoff relates one of the early incidents. “We

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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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