Sentences with word «brushtail»

The Tasmanian government has determined that common brushtail possums (Trichosurus vulpecula) may be wild - harvested in Tasmania for commercial purposes or controlled where they are causing damage to crops.

SO CUTE, SO WRONG No one has a genetic way of getting rid of invasive brushtail possums (shown) in New Zealand, but now is the time to debate whether CRISPR gene drives are too strong to be considered, two researchers argue.

The protein sources in Addiction dog food include venison, unagi (eel), salmon, rabbit, turkey, duck, buffalo, wild brushtail possum, pork and wild kangaroo.

Wine, merino wool clothing, sheepskin rugs and blankets made with the luxuriant fur of invasive Australian brushtail possums (they devastate native flora and fauna, so hunting and trapping are encouraged).

Accordingly, the Wildlife Management Branch of the Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment (DPIPWE) has developed a management plan for the commercial harvest of the Tasmanian population of the common brushtail possum.

Brushtail possums were imported from Australia, and with no natural predators, their numbers have soared to around 70 million.

Invasive mammalian predators (clockwise from top left): feral dog, house mouse, stoat, feral pig, feral cat, brushtail possum, black rat, small Indian mongoose and red fox (centre).

Some of these species, such as hedgehogs and brushtail possums, don't immediately spring to mind as predators, yet they are known to prey on many threatened species.

At night, common brushtail possums and rufous bettongs «patrol» this area.

Wildlife including Tammar Wallabies and Brushtail Possums and several species of birds can been seen around the cabins.

The former sheep station was developed into a 60,000 - acre wildlife conservancy in 2013, to assist in the re-establishment of endangered endemic species including the yellow - footed rock wallaby, western quoll and common brushtail possum.