Innumerable major and medium burrows are dug near or on a sloping ground. The steeper it is, the less danger the burrow will be in. The burrows are isolated or join up in a network in group of three or four at a time. The reason why the wombat is endangered, is because of hunting by both aborigines and early settlers. The Northern Hairy-nosed Wombat was hunted for its meat.
People are the wombat's worst enemy.
People have killed them by poisoning or shooting. Poisons are added to grains, such as oats and wheat. The main reason for the decrease of the wombat's population and endangerment is caused by overgrazing cattle and sheep, and by urban sprawl. Land clearing affects the wombat and also has affected many of our other native animals. In the mountains and hills that comprise most of the wombat's habitat, clearing for grazing creeps higher up the slopes of the mountains or hills.