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Australian crayfish, carp from Europe and Asia, silver carp from China, Nile tilapia, the North American largemouth bass and mosquitofish, suckermouth catfish from South America and alien snails have invaded the park
FISH

Invasive fish, snails found in Kruger National Park

Australian crayfish, carp from Europe and Asia, silver carp from China, Nile tilapia, the North American largemouth bass and mosquitofish, suckermouth catfish from South America…

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read
(Gallo Images/Beeld/Deaan Vivier)
WORKING FOR WATER PROGRAMME

Alien invasives pose significant threat to Kruger park

Over the past 20 years, up to 2016, various organisations had spent nearly R350 million on alien plant control operations in the park

  • Sheree Bega
8 min read
One of the world’s worst invasive species, the pesky Indian myna, has rapidly infiltrated the Kruger National Park over the past 20 years. (Photo by: David Tipling/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
ALIEN SPECIES

Indian mynas are taking wing in the Kruger National Park and scientists are concerned

Rate of spread of invasive species has ‘dramatically increased’

  • Sheree Bega
5 min read