Project 4.5 Information sheet

Overview

Large populations of feral pigs roam northern Australia damaging important places and disrupting ecosystems and native species. Up to 90% depredation of Olive Ridely marine turtle eggs have been recorded on Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland, and their activities in coastal wetlands undermine substrate structure and release greenhouse gases. The annual cost of feral pig damage to the north is estimated at $87 million.