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...Cian A. Ritchie Email: [email protected] Greater Glider behaviour mating ecology First Record of Mating in Wild Southern Greater Gliders Petauroides volans Cian A. Ritchie St Lucia Brisbane Queensland 4067 Australia Email: [email protected] Key words: Greater Glider...

...Gareth Linnard; Stephen R. Sleightholme ABSTRACT The last confirmed wild Thylacine kill, that of an adult male, was made by Wilfred Batty on a property leased by his father in the Parish of Anderson, within the Mawbanna district on the north-west coast of Tasmania, at midday on the 13th of May 1930...

... rarely been reported in wild reptiles. We observed a large internal obstruction in an adult female Tiger Snake captured as part of an ongoing population study. We failed to palpate out the object in the field, so we took the snake to a veterinary practice for professional assistance. All non-lethal...

...Warren Schofield The impact of predation by dingoes/wild dogs on livestock creates extreme amounts of stress, angst and anger within rural communities. How do we return to a well-managed landscape and once again have positive communication between stakeholders? Wild dogs attack livestock. Dingoes...

...Lily M. van Eeden; Mathew S. Crowther; Chris R. Dickman; Thomas M. Newsome Public opposition has shaped management of wild animals in Australia, but public interest in dingo control has been minimal. We hypothesised that this is due to lack of awareness of dingo management practices, in part...

... the air continued. The application of aerial baiting in dingo/wild dog control is believed to have a temporal effect, anecdotally achieving short-term goals towards reducing livestock losses from predation. There is no conclusive data, however, to support this claim. The true impact of aerial baiting...

...William Terry; Albert Golden An observation of nest robbing and bird predation by wild Brush-tailed Phascogales in central Victoria William Terry1, 3 and Albert Golden2 1School of Environment, Science and Engineering Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW, 2480. 2Macedon Ranges Conservation...

... easily into conservation and policy frameworks. Organisms that are hybrids are one such example. Indeed, hybridisation can result in both the protection and persecution of wild organisms, especially if the hybrid status is uncertain. Here, we outline the issue of hybridisation between dingoes and dogs...

...Rosie Cooney ABSTRACT Using wild animals as food is controversial, but remains a widespread practice globally, and in some places wild meat is fundamental for food security. Hunting wild animals for food is widely unsustainable and in many places is driving alarming declines, particularly of large...

... constructed as a pest to farmers, a feral animal that does not belong, and vermin to be exterminated. The latest incarnation is interesting as the donkey is once again proving ‘valuable’ as the guardian animal of choice for some farmers and pastoralists seeking to protect their flocks from wild dogs Canis...

.... We conclude that the data are consistent with the hypothesis that the Gouldian Finch suffered a major population decline in the Kimberley area in the late 1970s. We also discuss a range of “sustainable conservation” issues related to the harvest of wild birds for the avicultural trade and suggest...

...Ian Fry Putting the Wild back into Wildlife by IAN FRY Director, Wildlife Survival Inc. P.O. Box 131, Manly, NSW 2095 Talk resented at the Wildlife Forum in October. 1988 S OMEONE asked me when they saw the title of this talk whether I had invented some sort of cattle prod to liven up our some...