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Feral animals

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The dingo fence is a blunt instrument; we could do better. Paleontour/Flickr

Can Australia afford the dingo fence?

By Corey Bradshaw, University of Adelaide and Euan Ritchie, Deakin University

We feel we have to set the record straight after some of our (Bradshaw’s) comments were taken grossly out of context, or not considered at all (Ritchie’s). A bubbling kerfuffle in the media over the last…
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Just because an idea seems ridiculous, doesn't mean it's not worth discussing. moirabot/Flickr

Elephants on grass: only lively debate can save Australia’s environment

By David Bowman, University of Tasmania

Last week I published an opinion piece in Nature attempting to crystallise debate on a number of issues in Australian environmental management: bushfires, weeds, feral animals, management of Aboriginal…

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