A University of Southern Queensland researcher has collected the first evidence on how predator fencing is helping and hindering Yellow-footed Rock-wallabies.
“There are definitely benefits from the cluster fencing for this threatened species, the barriers unintentionally become reserves,” said UniSQ PhD research student Deane Smith who has spent the past two and a half years researching.
The fences are working, graziers report significant increases in lamb survival rates, but the fences don’t only limit the movement of predators, they impede the free movement of native animals and the impact of this is what UniSQ was researching.