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[Miss_Croft]

RRB – I was down playing the potential of Palm squirrels becoming a pest. All the animals you have mentioned were deliberately released and many of them were released multiple times due to failure of the first release (there was a rabbit master paid to watch over the released rabbits).

Did anyone read the link I posted on Squirrels in Australia – it stated there were small populations around Australia (Sydney, Adelaide) – only one surviving based around the Perth Zoo – suggesting it is not a self sustaining population – but more radiating from the protection of the Perth Zoo grounds. Specimens have been found (Caught) up to 140km from the Perth Zoo – but no population started again suggesting there are predators in Australia stopping their spread.

There are many other animals that have been brought to Australia and are kept as pets for example ferrets and guinea pigs – these two have not taken off as feral animals.

As mentioned before to date there has not been a proper bio diversity risk assessment on the palm squirrel and potential impact to the Australian environment.