An invasive species can be any kind of living organism—an amphibian (like the cane toad), plant, insect, fish, fungus, bacteria, or even an organism’s seeds or eggs—that is not native to an ecosystem and causes harm. They can harm the environment, the economy, or even human health.
A feral animal is one that has escaped from a domestic or captive status and is living more or less as a wild animal, or one that is descended from such animals. Other definitions include animals that have changed from being domesticated to being wild, natural, or untamed. Some common examples of animals with feral populations are horses, dogs, goats, cats, camels, and pigs.
America can’t eat its way out of this problem. The U.S. War on Asian Carp just leveled up. Although the Carpocalypse may never end, a recent weapon could be the best shot at controlling silver and bighead carp populations. The new approach called the “Modified Unified Method” takes a traditional Chinese netting technique and modifies it by adding annoying underwater sounds and electric currents to annoy the carp and drive them into a very small area for harvesting. It ends up removing around 90% of fish from a body of water.
Australian scientists have been working for decades to find a way to rid our waterways of one of the most devastating invasive species – carp. Tasmania is on the verge of eliminating all invasive European Carp from its waterways. It’s been a mammoth effort taking 25 years and is the largest eradication effort of its kind in the world. Subscribe and tap the notification bell! https://youtube.com/abcaustralia?sub_…
Australia has had a 160 year long battle to control the spread of hordes of hungry, rapidly multiplying rabbits, to prevent the damage they cause to farms. Subscribe and tap the notification bell! https://youtube.com/abcaustralia?sub_…
Feral goats are an introduced pest to Australia, but worth as much as lamb meat. They are also money-making saviours to many outback stations in tough times
