Government figures reveal Kakadu's feral pig population has doubled and buffalo numbers are up by 50 per cent. So what's gone wrong?
, which saw around 500 head of buffalo destroyed and 11,000 pigs, with efforts to be further ramped up throughout this year.
Kakadu park manager Shaun Barclay said he believed, "with a concerted campaign", the feral populations could be brought back to pre-2019 levels within a year.UNESCO, the arm of the United Nations responsible for world-heritage listings, said the feral animals boom was of "significant concern" but did not go as far as to say Kakadu's heritage listing would be pulled.
"The threat of invasive species to the values of this world heritage property … is significant," a World Heritage Centre spokesman said.Dennis Miller says the federal government is not providing enough funding to allow rangers to combat the issue effectively.Long-term Kakadu tour guide and Murumburr man Dennis Miller said the problem with feral animals had been allowed to fester over many years, due to a lack of Commonwealth resources.
Queensland traveller Nina Haynes, who was on a river cruise run by Mr Miller, said tourists should be made better aware of the widescale damage from feral animals."It would be a shame to not have the problem addressed, and then maybe in 50 years, this isn't here for us to enjoy, and to witness the beauty of the landscape."
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