How to protect your garden and live in harmony with possums
This article provides advice on how homeowners can coexist with native possums in urban Australian environments. It emphasizes that these animals are protected by law and play a vital role in local biodiversity.
Why it matters
Understanding how to manage wildlife in urban settings is essential for maintaining biodiversity and reducing human-animal conflict in growing cities.
Possums are nocturnal marsupials that forage for food at night. ( Supplied: Brisbane City Council )
Link copied Share Share article Possums are highly polarising animals, with people either describing them as cute backyard visitors or noisy home invaders wreaking havoc on gardens.
If you're growing your own veggies, fruit and flowers there's nothing more disheartening than finding chewed off crops and stems destructed by the pesky nocturnal marsupial.
So, what can you do to protect your garden and live in harmony with the native animal?
Catherine Herbert says common brushtail possum populations are thriving in many urban areas but declining in arid and semi-arid zones of Australia. ( ABC Coffs Coast: Claire Simmonds )
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