https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSIRO
"Among the developments by CSIRO have been the invention of atomic absorption spectroscopy, essential components of early Wi-Fi technology, the first commercially successful polymer banknote,
...and the introduction of a series of biological controls into Australia, such as myxomatosis and rabbit calicivirus for the control of rabbit populations."
What if, an elite group were to scheme to Galvanize public sentiment, in order to carry out a series of biological controls for another identified mammalian species Overpopulation Climate of Crisis ?