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This page provides specific information for tourists and other visitors to Tasmania about how to help the fox eradication effort.
There's one visitor to Tasmania that is not welcome!Tasmania’s isolation has ensured the survival of many native animals that are now rare, or even extinct, on mainland Australia including the Eastern barred bandicoot, Eastern quoll, Tasmanian native hen and Tasmanian bettong.One reason Tasmania has been able to retain nearly all of its native mammals (the exception being extinction of the Tasmanian tiger) while the rest of Australia has contributed close to half the world's mammal extinctions over the past 200 years (Johnson 2006) is the lack of an established fox population. Foxes have been implicated in the decline or extinction of a wide range of ground dwelling mammals and birds in Australia. Where foxes go, death and devastation of native wildlife usually follows. Tasmania has a long history of fox introductions that dates back to the mid-1800s. Most alarmingly, recent physical evidence has been collected from widespread locations across the state indicating that fox establishment is a very real and serious threat. Were foxes to establish the consequences for Tasmania's wildlife, environment, agriculture and economy would be disastrous. Reference: Johnson, C (2006). Australia's Mammal Extinctions. Cambridge University Press, Melbourne. How you can help Tasmania to be fox freeFor Tasmania to be fox free, we need everyone to help and visitors to the state have an important role to play. There is one simple but vital way you can help out - be vigilant!People travelling around Tasmania should keep an eye out for foxes and any signs of fox activity. Public vigilance is vital, especially at night when foxes are most active. If you see something, we need you to let us know (and the sooner, the better)! Please report all fox sightings and any possible evidence of fox activity to the 24 hour hotline: 1300 369 688 (an easy way to remember the hotline is 1300 FOX OUT) All calls are confidential and the information you provide may be vital to the eradication effort. Was that a fox?Could you identify a fox at night when driving down the highway at 110km/hr? Many visitors to Tasmania come from areas where foxes are common and know how to identify foxes and the signs of their activity. Others might not be so familiar with foxes or the abundant native wildlife that can be seen in Tasmania.Visit the Identification of Foxes page for further information about identifying foxes and signs of fox activity. Did you know? The fox carcass collected at Lillico Beach on the north west coast of Tasmania in 2006 was reported by a tourist? With everyone keeping an eye out for foxes we will have a much better chance of a fox free Tasmania! Quarantine RegulationsTasmania has some of the world's most stringent quarantine regulations. Strict quarantine requirements are in place to protect this state's plants, crops and animal industries from introduced pests and diseases - from both overseas and the Australian mainland.See: Quarantine Tasmania
Feral Animals of TasmaniaFind out what's feral in Tasmania and help protect this state from invasive pests. Download the Feral Deck produced by the Threatened Species Network. The Threatened Species Network is a community-based program of the Australian Government and WWF-Australia.Published in March 2008 by WWF-Australia. Copyright © 2008 WWF-Australia
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