Predator-proof fence: 10km barrier to be built across Wilsons Promontory to protect native wildlife

Foxes deer and cats to be blocked from 50,000ha park in Victoria, turning it into a wildlife haven'

A 10km fence to keep out foxes, deers and cats will be built across the Yanakie isthmus on Victoria's Wilsons Promontory to create a 50,000-hectare native wildlife sanctuary.

The $6m fence is designed to protect vulnerable species including ground parrots, the southern brown bandicoot and long-nosed potoroo in the national park, south-east of Melbourne.