#pestsdiseasesandcontrolmethods — Public Fediverse posts
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Golfers despair as rabbits damage one of Australia's best courses
By Will Corbett and Rachel JenningsThere are fears out-of-control rabbits and the unexpected holes they keep adding to the greens will threaten the legacy of one of the oldest golf courses in Western Australia.
#Pests #InvasiveSpecies #AgriculturalPestControl #PestsDiseasesandControlMethods #WillCorbett #RachelJennings
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Mynas were introduced to control pest insects. Now they are the pest
By Lish FejerThe Indian, or common, myna was introduced to Australia in the 1860's to tackle insect pests. Now it's become the pest, leaving Canberra with a species everyone agrees is unwelcome but no-one is sure exactly how to get rid of.
#InvasiveSpecies #Pests #PestsDiseasesandControlMethods #EnvironmentalManagement #LishFejer
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Tiny 'desert' fish found only in Australia narrowly avoids extinction
By Crispian YeomansWith scoops made from milk bottles, volunteers have been working tirelessly to save the red-fin blue-eye, found nowhere else in the world, from extinction.
#Conservation #Fish #Pests #Animals #PestsDiseasesandControlMethods #EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #CrispianYeomans
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Qld business fined $1,200 after sparking million-dollar fire ant scare
By Liam O'ConnellThe unnamed business shipped a pallet of second-hand bricks infested with fire ants to mine sites in the Bowen Basin in mid-2025, sparking four rounds of aerial baiting at a cost of $1 million.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-08/fire-ants-penalties-fines-biosecurity/106891226
#Biosecurity #Pests #PestsDiseasesandControlMethods #LiamOConnell
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Qld business fined $1,200 after sparking million-dollar fire ant scare
By Liam O'ConnellThe unnamed business shipped a pallet of second-hand bricks infested with fire ants to mine sites in the Bowen Basin in mid-2025, sparking four rounds of aerial baiting at a cost of $1 million.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-08/fire-ants-penalties-fines-biosecurity/106891226
#Biosecurity #Pests #PestsDiseasesandControlMethods #LiamOConnell