Denison Independent MHR Andrew Wilkie and a scientist have written to an esteemed ecology journal asking it to consider discrediting a Tasmanian government report that claims foxes are widespread in the state.
The pair wrote separate letters to the United Kingdom’s Journal of Applied Ecology earlier this month.
The journal prints bi-monthly and promotes original papers that apply ecological concepts, theories, models and methods.
It is highly regarded internationally by the science fraternity.
The pair asked the journal to review the 2013 report – which was co-authored by Tasmania’s Primary Industries, Parks, Water and the Environment Department – after it was revealed late last month that almost half of the state’s fox scat collection was deemed suspicious by an internal expert in 2011.
In his letter – penned last week to the journal’s managing editor Dr Erika Newton – Mr Wilkie said he was deeply concerned about the legitimacy of the evidence.
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