KIEV. May 25. UNN. Stray cats have become a real threat to native animals of Australia, therefore, one of the regions of the country against them built a physical barrier. Power Central Australia has installed the world’s longest fence from cats – its length is 44 km away. it is reported by UNN citing BBC-Ukraine.
A fence through which an electric current is surrounded by wildlife Newhaven area of 9.5 thousand hectares. It needs to protect its residents – such as small jatkuvasti kangaroo from the wild cats, foxes and rabbits, imported into the continent by Europeans.
“In this area lives about 50-60 wild cats and they will eat more than 70 000 local mammals in a single year,” explains Atticus Fleming from the Australian Department of wildlife conservation.
The fence – only one of the measures to restore wildlife Central Australia, however, according to Mr. Fleming – not the most important.
Small jatkuvasti kangaroo is one species threatened by stray cats
Stray cats there are many areas of Australia, and is surrounded by a fence of the reserve will be the most free of cats area of the continent.
Rangers in the reserve intend to clear it of all the cat to the end of this year. Then, in 2019, they will resettle representatives of ten Australian mammal species on the brink of extinction. Among them – the black-footed rock kangaroos, Golden Bandicoot and the Westerner sickly.
“For the first time the huge territory in Central Australia will once again be home to a variety of different mammals – such, who lived here before the arrival of Europeans”, – reads the statement of the Australian Department of wildlife conservation.
They suggest that the reserve will allow at least double the population of such species.
The Department also wants to expand the reserve area of 100 thousand hectares and raise funds for the completion of the fence.
The first 44 miles of the fence have cost the management about 3700000 US dollars – only the fifth part gave the Federal government of Australia.
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