Barbed wire..again

Many native animals become victims of barbed wire like this sugar glider.

Please help our wildlife:

  • monitor barbed wire fencing in your area and report any entangled animals to your local wildlife rescue organisation or to Wildlife Operations
  • put bunting on the top wire of barbed wire fencing so it can be seen by animals and help them to avoid it
  • replace the top strand of fence with plain or borderline sighter (white plastic coated) wire
  • avoid using barbed wire
  • consider if a fence is needed and think about other options such as planted barriers
  • avoid erecting fences on ridgelines, near fruiting or flowering trees, across wildlife corridors, over dams or waterways
  • don’t grow fruiting or flowering plants near barbed wire fencing
  • remove and appropriately dispose of redundant barbed wire fencing as soon as possible.