‘We cannot accept foxes as part of our landscape’: the plan to save Australia’s threatened wildlife

Draft national strategy accepts the wily invasive species can’t be eradicated but outlines steps to protect native animals most at risk

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They dart across playgrounds on dainty paws, sneak into back yard coops to eat suburban chickens and kill more than a million native animals every day.

The European red fox – a wily invasive species – is “one of the most impactful threats” for native mammals, says Sarah Legge, a professor at Charles Darwin University and author of a new draft plan to curb their predation.

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