Wildlife rescuers have been forced to euthanise “drunk” kangaroos after a grass type toxic to native wildlife spread along Sunbury and Macedon Ranges roads. The roos and other wildlife ...

The wildlife worker said the animals were indeed intoxicated and that it was likely a type of grass that was to blame. Known as phalaris or bulbous-canary grass, the introduced plant species is a ...

They were tripping on DMT, the classic psychedelic sometimes called “the spirit molecule,” which they probably consumed by eating Phalaris aquatica, a species of European grass that now grows ...

The animals are getting "drunk" after eating phalaris grass—also known as canary grass. This intoxication causes strange behaviour and can eventually advance to damage the central nervous system ...

It is thought the neurological damage, termed “phalaris staggers,” is caused by the animals eating phalaris, a common pasture crop which is grown to feed livestock. “A kangaroo with full ...

The mob of kangaroos stranded amid a bureaucratic row.Credit: Scott McNaughton But an outbreak of toxic phalaris grass is poisoning roos who already live at the relocation site. The introduced ...

Animals are becoming sick after eating the phalaris grass, also known as canary grass, which has an intoxicating effect. “The alkaloids in the grass affects the brain and causes strange ...

Lachlan LHPA vet Liz Braddon says cobalt bullets inserted into the rumens of sheep are the 'silver bullet' for phalaris staggers; vets are warning this year is shaping up to be a bad year.

Phalaris is a perennial grass that grows mainly in late autumn, winter and spring and the new confederate variety offers better winter production than other varieties, says PGG Wrightson sales ...