Feral deer destroy shrubs, ringbark trees, trample rainforests, wallow in wetlands, wreck orchardsd vineyards,d they’re a hazard on our roads. The state government’s recent East, West...

TAKE ACTION | The Tooarrana and other alpine wildlife needs your help to survive the devastating impact of feral horses. Over 5,000 horses are trashing wetlands and moss beds in Victoria’s...

MEDIA RELEASE 26 March 2021 | Conservation groups back plans for action on feral horses in the Alpine National Park. These hard-hooved grazers are wrecking the park’s highly vulnerable alpine peat...

PARK WATCH December 2020 | It has taken two years, but the state government’s final strategy to control Victoria’s million-strong deer invasion has at last been released....

MEDIA RELEASE 30 October 2020 | The release of the Victorian Government’s Deer Control Strategy today acknowledges the significant threat deer bring to the state’s biodiversity, water supplies...

IN THE MEDIA Opinion piece published in The Weekly Times 29 June 2020 | We need to separate myth from reality to effectively manage Victoria’s Alpine National Park, argues Phil […]...

PARK WATCH June 2020 | A Federal Court judge has ruled that Parks Victoria is free to continue a cull of feral horses in the Alpine National Park. It’s a […]...

Hard-hooved animals are not native to Australia, and many of our native plants and animals are threatened by their impacts. Feral horses, pigs, goats, camels and deer are now found […]...

Every day herds of horses trample and destroy the habitats of tiny Alpine Tree Frogs, sensitive Alpine Spiny Crayfish, endangered skinks, the fuzzy native Broad-toothed Rat, and rare native fish....

MEDIA RELEASE 11 December 2019 | Feral deer should be urgently listed as a pest as part of a state-wide deer control plan. Victoria is the now the only mainland […]...