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The Eastern Bettong was one of Australia's most prolific marsupials before the Europeans came along and brought foxes, cats and…

Friday, 27 August 2021: Nominations are open for the 2021 State and Territory Steadfast Young Landcare Leadership Award that acknowledges acknowledges an...

AS the ACT government begins its annual kangaroo cull, animal welfare activist Robyn Soxsmith has labelled the killings as “not humane”. Parks and Conservation Service director Daniel Iglesias says 1568 Eastern Grey kangaroos will be culled from ACT reserves this year.  “As always, animal and environmental advocates will be out at the reserves this year, protesting against the cruelty to both the kangaroos and the other creatures that depend on them,” says Ms Soxsmith, co-founder of the Animal Protectors Alliance.  “We will be out there as always bearing witness to the cruelty, an...

A CONSERVATION cull of Eastern Grey Kangaroos will see six Canberra nature reserves closed over five evenings.  From 6pm-8am, Sunday (May 16) to Thursday, six – Mt Ainslie Nature Reserve, Mt Majura Nature Reserve, Farrer Ridge Nature Reserve, East Jerrabomberra Grasslands, Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary and Goorooyarroo Nature Reserve – of 39 Canberra nature parks will be shut to “remove” 1568 Eastern Grey Kangaroos. Service director Daniel Iglesias says: “We are confident [that culling 1568] will manage grazing pressure and achieve priority conservation outcomes while maintaini...

Eastern Bettong. THE ACT government is defending its decision to commit $600,000 to a trial involving the release of 67 Eastern bettongs into the wild, despite all of them dying. Bettongs, small rat-kangaroos, were wiped out from the Lower Cotter Catchment where they had been released between 2015 and 2017 as part of the trial. Environment Minister Rebecca Vassarotti says the trial was a “success” in achieving it’s objective, which was to determine whether bettongs could survive in fox-controlled areas, or if they would disperse away from the release-site. “If we don’t test thing...