foxes officially confirmed in Tasmania

[Chlidonias]

not good news for the Tasmanian wildlife...
Foxes officially confirmed in Tasmania - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

A Parliamentary inquiry into the Tasmanian Government's fox eradication program concludes the vermin is established in small numbers in the state.

It has taken months of public consultation but the Parliamentary Accounts Committee report says there is enough evidence to conclude there is a population of foxes in the state.

Committee chairman Jim Wilkinson says numbers are low but the future of at least 24 native species is threatened and at risk, if the fox population increased.

"We've got to do everything we can to eradicate them," he said.

Recommendations include increasing funding for the Fox Taskforce and regular progress reviews.

 

[Steve Robinson]

Chlidonias - the parliament has just caught up with what the rest of us have known for some years.

In this enlightened age it is almost inconceivable to think that people would deliberately release these vermin into an island state - but that is exactly how they got there.

 

[Chlidonias]

yes I know but at least now they may get more money to combat them as the foxes now are "officially confirmed"