1. Cattle farmers, miners, and settlers have protested the move and continue to destroy the forests, although at a slower pace than before.
    养牛场场主、矿工和移民们反对这个措施，继续破坏森林, 虽然破坏速度比过去已放慢。

2. It caused devastation by burrowing and by devouring the herbage which might have maintained millions of sheep and cattle.
    它们在地下打洞，吃掉本可以饲养数百万头牛羊的牧草，给澳洲大陆造成了毁灭性的破坏。