Elusive fox that threatened Phillip Island’s little penguins caught after two-month hunt
by Australian Associated Press from Environment | The Guardian on (#61BQB)
How the fox arrived on the island south-east of Melbourne remains a mystery, but one theory is that it swam there
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An elusive fox has been captured following a two-month hunt after the predator somehow evaded a defence system to enter Victoria's Phillip Island, threatening a world-famous penguin colony.
Phillip Island was declared fox-free in 2017 after a 25-year effort to drive the animals out of the area, south-east of Melbourne.
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