How kangaroos could be jeopardising conservation efforts across Australia

With its natural predator in decline, roo numbers are growing – and research suggests the marsupial is doing more damage than rabbits in the country’s interior The experimental fencing had gone up to keep the rabbits out, but the ground inside the conservation area at Yathong in central New South Wales had still been nibbled and munched bare.“It was completely denuded,” says Prof Mike Letnic. “It was like a moonscape.” Continue reading...