July 20, 2015
By Darwin Malicdem
The Australian Government (click here) has set the new strategies to save its threatened wildlife. The Department of the Environment recently launched the new Threatened Species Strategy on Thursday, July 16, at the Threatened Species Summit in Melbourne in partnership with the local and private groups to protect Australia’s extinct animal and plant species.
During the summit at Melbourne zoo on Thursday, federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt announced the proposed plans for the five-year Threatened Species Strategy to save its wildlife from possible extinction due to declining number.“
The strategy aims to save species that are at risk of extinction, including 20 mammals, 20 birds and 30 plants. The environment minister stated that the government will improve the lives of local wildlife through killing two million feral cats and creating safe havens to improve habitat and intervene in emergencies.
Australia is recorded as one of the countries with worst extinction records in the world, with 29 mammal species lost and nearly 1,800 species nationally listed as being under threat. The government cited that feral cats, pests and weeds, altered fire regimes and the expansion of the agricultural industry are the major causes why native animal and plant species decline....