Introduced Animals
This page provides links to articles, papers and other items on the welfare and environmental issues surrounding naturalised Australian animals (ie introduced animals that have formed naturalised population since the Age of Exploration, often erroneously referred to as ‘feral’.
Issues
Throughout Australia, introduced animals are subjected to some of the worst intentional and lawful animal cruelty in Australia.
Wild rabbits are deliberately infected with disease (Myxomatosis and Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease). Many beloved companion rabbits also die of these diseases.
A wide range of animals are subjected to baiting or gassing of with excruciatingly painful toxins such as 1080, Pindone, Chloropicrin and Strychnine.
In Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, steel jaw traps are still permitted. Even so-called soft jaw traps (where the jaws have been padded with rubber or other padding) cause pain, terror and panic-driven injuries to the trapped animal.
This level and scale of cruelty to animals would be unconscionable even if lethal control of these animals was both effective and necessary.
In fact, it is neither. To find out why, read Frankie Seymour’s paper at her Warm and Wild Blog
APA_Letter_to_Canberra_Times_Brumbies_and_Naturalised_Animals-August_2023
NSW_Government_Wild_Horse_Management_Plan_APA_Press_Release_Nov_21
APA_Submission_on_New_South_Wales_Koscuiszko_National_Park_Brumbies_Nov_2021
Aerial_Shooting_in_Namadgi_National_Park_Animal_Protectors_Alliance_Press_Release – Sept 2021
APA Letter to Canberra Times re Feral rabbit population increases due to weather – Feb 2021
APA Letter to Canberra Times Newspaper on ACT Government Proposed Brumbies Cull – March 2019
APA Letters to Canberra Times and The Chronicle regarding Wild Pig Management – June and July 2018
Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government Attack on Indian Mynas 2018 – APA Press Release
Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Pest Animals Declaration 2017 – APA(CAP) Submission
