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The Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park at Duncan includes local wildlife like koalas, kangaroos, ... [39] due to its large land area, extensive road network, low ...
Barry Green (born 1951 or 1952) [1] also known by his nickname "Cat Man", is an Australian feral cat trapper on Kangaroo Island and self-described conservationist of native Australian wildlife, which is threatened by feral cats both directly through predation [1] [2] and indirectly through transmission of diseases including sarcocystis and toxoplasmosis, which also affect livestock.
Cygnet Estuary Conservation Park is a protected area located on the west coast of Nepean Bay on Kangaroo Island in South Australia about 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) west southwest of Kingscote.
The sea lion population on Kangaroo Island had been exploited for economic purposes since the European colonisation. As sea lions were still being hunted as a source of shark bait post 1945, the Field Naturalists section of the Royal Society of South Australia wrote to the South Australian Museum in 1953 requesting that sea lions be given protection along the southern coast of Kangaroo Island.
The conservation park has an area of 580 hectares (1,400 acres) and is located in the locality of Cassini about 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) north-east of the town of Parndana in the central part of the island, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of Kingscote. [4] [3] The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category III protected area. [5]
Western River Wilderness Protection Area, formerly the Western River Conservation Park and the Western River National Park, is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located on the north coast of Kangaroo Island about 30 kilometres (19 mi) west of Parndana in the gazetted locality of Western River.
Baxter, C (1995), An annotated list of the birds of Kangaroo Island (Rev. ed.), South Australia National Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, ISBN 978-0-7308-0677-6
Kelly Hill Conservation Park, formerly the Kelly Hill National Park, is a protected area in South Australia located on Kangaroo Island. The Kelly Hill Caves system is the main attraction within the conservation park. In 1993, a portion of the conservation park was excised to create the Cape Bouguer Wilderness Protection Area.