Summary: Saving Kooala Habitats

Brumbies are known as the feral horses that inhabit Australia- mostly throughout the Northern Territory, Queensland and scattered centrally in Western Australia. Some small mobs live within Victoria and New South Wales, but none as vast or dense in population. These horses influence the natural habitat in many ways- they reduce vegetation growth, cause soil erosion and impact upon other animals living within the ecosystem. They are seen as pests to national parks, and essentially, this is the reason for their culling- they cause more damage than they are worth. The only positive aspect a brumby herd will impose is that they maintain walking and driving tracks throughout state parks.

The koala has low genetic diversity. Koalas are mammals and they can live up to 20 years. Their diet is herbivor. Koalas size is 60 to 85 cm plus their weight is around 9kg. Their habitat is the highest branches of eucalyptus trees, known as the gum tree.

The kakapos are quite solitary. They normally live alone and have large ranges, travelling several kilometres in one night. The males range from 15-30 hectares, females 35-50 hectares (to find food for young). Because they are solitary birds by nature, when ranges overlap they make a noise called 'skraarking ' to keep a distance from each other. Kakapo used to be found through most of New Zealand, from lowland forests to mountain grasslands. They are now extinct on the mainland, the last survivors having been moved onto three offshore islands- Codfish, Maud and Little Barrier. The islands they live on today are all reserves with no predators except kiore (Polynesian rats).

As you take your walk, you will also be able to come across lookouts that will let you take in some of the wildlife prevalent in the country. Among these are kangaroos, edge-tailed eagles, emus and koalas.

The aims of using VORTEX (Lacey and Pollak, 2014) was to analyse the success of management strategies including controlled hunting, supplementation, habitat restoration and corridors or a combination. VORTEX takes into account random events such as catastrophes running through iterations (replicas) to generate outcomes (Lacy, 1993). Each outcome will be assessed using probabilities of survival, genetic diversity and mean population sizes over a 200 year period.

Taronga Zoo – officially opened on the 7th of October 1916 – has been able to withstand the test of time, and today – some ninety years after being established – remains a prime tourist attraction in the heart of Sydney. By remaining open daily from 9am to 5pm (365 days a year, even Christmas Day!) the zoo is able to ensure that all zoo goers (including tourists and families) have plenty of time to explore the zoo, to take in the amazing scenery and views and even attend a show or two! Included in the price of entry is a free Newspaper (Sydney Morning Herald), access to the Cable Car and free access to several shows the run throughout the day at the zoo (most notable of which is the improved Free Flight Bird

Species possibly saved as a result of population management include the Koala, Partula snails, and Sarracenia alabamensis. The koala was experiencing a population decline in Australia which prompted an initiative known as the Koala Habitat Program. The goal of this program is to increase the size of the habitat for the koala. The Queensland Government has provided $22.5 million in funding to acquire new land (Queensland Government, 2014). The Partula snail is another species very critically endangered. As this species’ population recovers in captivity, the hope is to release them into the wild. This process has to be done carefully after the African land snail was imported to a small island in the Pacific and soon got out of control. This snail was eating the crops that grow on the island. Eventually, a second species of snail, the Florida rosy wolfsnail, was brought in to prey on the Partula snail to get the population under control (Marwell Wildlife, 2014). The Sarracenia Alabamensis, also known as the Cane-brake pitcher plant, was in need of a program to stabilize its population. This plant was endangered because it was located in areas where land was cheap to acquire and when the land was developed, it reduced the number of plants. The first program

Over 128 Animal species are strongly believed to be extinct since European settlement in Australia. In an act to prevent marine pollution by controlling dumping of wastes and other matter, the Environment Protection Sea Dumping Act 1981 was introduced. The legislation outlines the policies and procedures to gain access to Australian waterways (Australian Government Department of Environment, 2015). The current legislation are not able to fully protect the natural environment, as the legislation only implies that permits are required for all sea dumping operations and for those court weak consequences are applied. For those reason, the Sea Dumping Act has been criticised for its ineffectiveness to control the waterways. This essay

This journal explains in thorough detail the impact that wild canids have within Australia, and have effectively represented this through multiple graphical and image depictions. The journal elaborates on the number of management and control techniques that have been put into practice as well as the development in these controls. This journal is specifically related to the video assessment topic as it covers the impact that wild canids have on Australia as well as a number of management schemes that’s been put in place. It will specifically help in the production and planning of the ‘impact and management’ section within the video. The journal is clearly reliable as it has a number of credible authors, is a successfully published journal and

Previous studies mostly recognized multiple MUs in the northern region but lacked support for multiple MUs in the southern (Sherwin, Timms, Wilcken, & Houlden, 2000). However, all koala populations in this study should be treated as independent management units (MU). MUs are demographically independent populations which have little gene flow among them and the degree of population genetic divergence depends on the biology and population history of the species (Palsbøll, Berube, & Allendorf, 2007). Results in NetView (k-NN=10) showed independent clustering of the populations with little gene flow between them. Moreover, populations in St Lawrence, Ipswich, Lismore, Port Macquarie, Cape Otway and Mt Lofty had moderate to high Fst values ranging from 0.024 to 0.216. Populations on Magnetic Island and St Bees Island should also be treated as independent MUs due to isolation and lack of natural gene flow. Although Western Sydney and South Gippsland populations did not show high Fst value, the former had 5 private alleles and 0.021 rare alleles. Although South Gippsland population MU may not seen supported by Fst value, number of private alleles or proportion of rare alleles, it should be treated with care as this may be misled by the low within-population variation and/or recent

Dingoes are now considered native to Australia under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 and play a huge role as trophic regulators. Dingoes are also managed on Fraser Island through a conservation and risk management strategy. In other areas of Queensland, dingoes are declared as a pest via the Land Act 2002. Through a recent growing body of research it is said that dingoes have a positive impact on biodiversity (Ripple et al. 2014). As the apex predator for many habitats dingoes usually outcompete mesopredators such as the feral cat, eastern grey kangaroo and the red fox for resources and food (Vernes et al. 2001). Currently there is no large body of science literature that shows a relationship between wild dogs (dingoes) and feral cats. The

One of the biggest challenges for hunters worldwide is hunting for deer in Australia. As a result, numerous professional associations, as well as hunting clubs, have sprung up in these locations where deer hunting is increasing in popularity. There are many locations all over Australia where creative sport hunters can pursue any of the 6 native species, providing that they act responsibly and considerably to the wild animals in the hunting area. Knowledge is vital for successful deer hunting in Australia along with expertise, ethics, and a strong passion for the natural environment.

With the increasing popularity of LPKS, it has made considerable contribution to local economy. In fact, as an endemic icon, koalas play a significant role in Australian tourism industry contributing $1,1 billion and creating 9,000 jobs in 1996 solely from inbound tourist market ( Hundloe et al, 1997). Even though there is no certain number about visitor number that LPKS welcome every year, it is safe to say that the sanctuary is financially sustainable. LPKS holds eco certification of nature tourism issued by Ecotourism Australia, which without ample financial resources, the business will not be able to pursuit and pass. An implication from above information is that LPKS contributes consideration amount of tax to Queensland government as well

Today I’m going to tell you about the koala. Koala “Bears” are not really bears. They’re marsupial, or pouched animals. Koalas live in Eastern Australia, where the eucalyptus trees they love are most plentiful. They rarely leave their trees, and their sharp claws and opposable digits easily keep them aloft. During the day they doze, tucked into forks, nooks, or little spaces in the tree, sleeping for up to around eighteen hours! When Koalas aren’t asleep they are feeding on eucalyptus leaves, especially at night. The only thing they eat is eucalyptus trees, and nothing else. Koalas don’t drink a lot of water but they get their moisture from the leaves that they eat.

Humans are more likely to be able to save the koalas. There are many reasons why koalas are more likely to be able to be saved, such as, koalas are more popular.According to the text it states, “ Humans have jerseys, companies, logos, and even more.” Most humans would want to cuddle with koalas, than frogs. Their problems are more serious.