World's longest cat-proof fence to guard marsupials

摘要

Central Australia just completed construction on the world's longest cat-proof fence In an effort to protect endangered marsupials.rnThe roughly 27-mile fence encases the Newhaven Wildlife Sanctuary. It will protect endangered species like the bilby, the burrowing bettong and the rufous hare-wallaby.rnFeral cats kill 316 million native birds a year in Australia, according to recent research. Twenty native species have gone extinct in the country since cats arrived to the country.