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CRC. Invasive Animal Cooperative Research Centre


  •  Building 3 University of Canberra Kirinari Street BRUCE ACT 2617 Thailand
  •  (+61) 2 6201 2887
  •  (+61) 2 6201 2532
  •  http://www.invasiveanimals.com/
  •  contact@invasiveanimals.com
Mission

Australia is host to 56 invasive vertebrat­e animal species.   Of these, the ones with the most impact (in order of damage estimates) are: European Red Fox,  feral cats, rabbits, feral pigs, wild dogs, the house mouse, carp, goats, cane toads, wild horses and camels.

Foxes cost the Australian economy over $200M annually – a large part of this in environmental terms.  Rabbits are estimated to cost our agricultural industries around $113M and feral pigs $106M every year, and stock losses to wild dogs is so severe in some areas as to make production non-viable.   Altogether, it is estimated that invasive animals cost Australasia at least $720M annually in economic, environmental and social damage.

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  • Agrarian
  • Art Research
  • Forest