Introduced to Australia for fox hunting in the 19th century, red foxes spread across the continent and became a major threat to native wildlife, livestock and threatened species.

Draft national strategy accepts the wily invasive species can’t be eradicated but outlines steps to protect native animals most at risk ...

Australia introduced foxes in the 1800s for sport hunting, and the animals later became a major threat to native wildlife. The country is still dealing with the fallout. According to ecologists Sean ...

To a newly-arrived red fox, the abundant rolling grasslands and swamps of Wadawurrung Country, around what is now called Port Phillip Bay, must have seemed like a predator’s paradise. This landscape ...

Mr Brewster welcomed the new national strategy, but called on governments to invest in coordinated, sustained fox control across the landscapes where our most vulnerable native animals still survive. ...

THE Invasive Species Council has welcomed the release of a draft new national strategy to tackle feral foxes, saying it is a long-overdue opportunity to strengthen Australia’s response to one of its ...

Australia’s unique biodiversity has been profoundly altered by introduced mammalian predators such as feral cats and red foxes, which drive local extinctions of ground-nesting birds, small mammals and ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Freshwater turtles in Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin are disappearing. Introduced red foxes — which prey on their eggs — are considered one of ...