1.7 million foxes, 300 million native animals killed every year: now we know the damage foxes wreak

Nicolas Rakotopare (lerako.net), Author provided

Foxes kill about 300 million native mammals, birds and reptiles each year, and can be found across 80% of mainland Australia, our devastating new research published today reveals.

This research, the first to quantify the national impact of foxes on Australian wildlife, also compares the results to similar studies on cats. And we found foxes and cats collectively kill 2.6 billion mammals, birds and reptiles every year.