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by daemin 2868 days ago
Or even between parts of Australia, both countries take bio security very seriously!
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Yep, Australia has a dingo fence, a rabbit fence, and, as I learned when searching for those, now a cat fence (though much shorter).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingo_Fence

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit-proof_fence

https://phys.org/news/2018-05-australia-world-longest-cat-pr...

True, but I was referring to the fruit and quarantine zones set up in parts of south and eastern Australia, where they are trying to prevent the spread of fruit fly.
As they should! Failed interpersonal security is limited to a tiny area, failed bio security can fuck up an entire ecosystem!