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ACTIVITY 2 The Fox was introduced To Victoria in the 1870’s as a purpose for recreational Hunting. The Europeans wanted something more to make them feel more close to home so they decided to bring foxes and rabbits to Australia to entertain the people. The colonisation of foxes was rapid and linked closely to the spread of feral rabbits. Today the fox is one of the most widely spread feral animals in Australia. And even though they were only introduced in Victoria in the late 1800’s, there have been sightings of foxes in Tasmania in 2001. The sightings in Tasmania are continuing to increase ever since. The European red fox is Australia's number one predator threatening the long-term survival of a range of native wildlife. Animals that are endangered due to the fox include the rock-wallaby, numbat, brush-tailed bettong and bilby. Foxes also pose risks as potential hosts of exotic diseases such as rabies, which threaten human and animal health. Management of fox damage in Australia has relied on bounty systems coupled with a range of control techniques including shooting, poisoning and trapping. The Government agencies mostly recommend the use of poisons such as strychnine or 1080 to reduce fox populations. (Most people shoot foxes for their skin or just for recreational activity and farming pest control. (They are the 3 main Activities in relation to Fox killing.))
 * The Fox. By Timothy **