THOSE living in the Mid North are reporting unprecedented large number of native animals, such as kangaroos and emus, playing havoc with fences and available feed.
Peterborough grazier Mark Ludgate destocked his property earlier this year to conserve feed.
“I have had 80 per cent less sheep for four months now and arguably my paddocks should have been recuperating or at least holding, but they look just as hammered as the ones next door,” he said.
Department of environment and water sustainable industries manager Anthony Freebairn said places like Orroroo, Peterborough and Terowie experience localised increases in kangaroo numbers, particularly where feed and water is available in the transition between pastoral and agricultural land.
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