A man has received a suspended sentence after admitting to poisoning his neighbors’ cats. Tristian Paul Pearson was given an eight-month sentence suspended for 18 months for targeting the family pets Luna and Bailey and luring them into consuming the toxic substance ethylene glycol. Luna and Bailey died shortly after the poisonings took place in … Read more
The vast majority of animals caught in New South Wales shark nets last season were not target species and just over a fifth were threatened species, new government figures show. Of the 376 marine animals caught in the eight months to April, 325 were non-target species. They included 14 critically endangered gray nurse sharks, 19 … Read more
Relentless rainfall has sparked a leech invasion in New South Wales, with no reprieve in sight for already damp dwellings. The blood-sucking creatures have been attracted into suburban areas, where higher than normal rainfall and humidity are providing suitable conditions to feed. Linda Campbell has been batting off leeches in her Winmalee home in the … Read more
Just two of the 23 recommendations handed to the New South Wales government after an inquiry into kangaroo population levels and culling practices have been accepted in full. Inquiry chair and Greens MP Cate Faehrmann said the response was “dismissive of the serious issues raised” during the three-day inquiry called to understand the wellbeing of … Read more
Freezing koala sperm could become a key part of a strategy to save koalas from extinction by 2050. University of Newcastle scientists Lachlan Howell and Ryan Witt say koala “biobanking” could be harnessed with IVF technology to help endangered species reproduce. An estimated 64,000 koalas were killed when 5.5m hectares were ravaged by the 2019-20 … Read more