Foxes threaten Tasmania: expert
5 December 2012 AAP
THE spread of foxes could have a catastrophic impact on Tasmania's abundant native wildlife, an expert warns.
DNA tests on animal droppings have proved that foxes exist in small numbers on the island, University of Canberra genetics professor Stephen Sarre says.
He warned that if the foxes spread they could have a catastrophic impact on Tasmania's abundant native wildlife.
"The present situation could be as serious a threat to the pristine Tasmanian environment as the previous extinction wave was to Australia's mainland fauna," says the