A new strain of bird flu has infected the rest of the world and could enter Australia at any moment. When it does,poultry producers will be on red alert.
A deadly strain of bird flu has swept the globe,and Australia is the last uninfected continent. Preparations for the carnage have just begun.
Councils are terrified the borer will get into the hills and beyond to the Wheatbelt,saying this would be “both environmentally and financially catastrophic.”
Australia is untouched by a virus that has devastated wildlife around the planet,but the spring migration from Antarctica is beginning,and with it comes an extinction-level threat for native birds and mammals.
Award-winning chef Jo Barrett has cooked up a delicious way to rein in some of the state’s biggest environmental vandals.
The bites cause a burning sensation lasting for about an hour,with an outbreak in Queensland already forcing closures of sporting fields and beaches.
The polyphagous shot-hole borer has spread to the Perth Hills with fears it could wreak havoc on national parks already suffering after a long,hot summer as well as orchards.
A Perth-based plant pathology lab says it was stripped of a permit after it ran foul of the state government’s narrative.
A virulent strain of bird flu is morphing as it spreads around the world and Australia looks to be its end destination.
Australia’s poultry industry is grappling with an outbreak of H7 bird flu,but the H5N1 strain,which has spread to every other continent,could wipe out native species.
Oscar Pearse was sitting on his tractor planting a crop of chickpeas when he looked over his shoulder and saw his nemeses approaching.