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    The trouble with goats

    Jun 30, 2022 4 minutes

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    interest your article on the Dog Fence in AG 168. In recent years I’ve made two visits to the Western Division of New South Wales and have travelled the “Darling River Run” through the western part of the state. I was alarmed at the destructive impacts of feral goats on the ecosystems of this vulnerable lowrainfall region, not those caused by sheep grazing! I’ve witnessed vast areas where existing, mature native trees have been heavily pruned of foliage. There was complete removal of the understorey of native herbs

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