Newly published research results have shown the optimum 1080 aerial delivery rate of 40 baits per linear kilometre will successfully eliminate more than 90 per cent of wild dogs, to reduce their impact on agriculture, native wildlife, the environment and community…Read More
James Nason, 21/05/2020Media reports suggesting Animal Health Australia wants to see working dog use restricted and farmers jailed for cruelty to livestock have been branded as inaccurate by the organisation. ..Read More
Beef Central, 02/04/2013NEW South Wales’ Local Land Services wants feedback from landholders with pest animal problems…Read More
Beef Central, 03/02/2017Big gaps still remain in the Australian beef industry’s scientific and practical understanding about the impact of wild dogs on the production and processing sectors, and possible control options…Read More
Jon Condon, 13/06/2011Productivity impacts on the beef industry from wild dogs go well beyond the most obvious effect, being newborn and young calf losses caused by predation…Read More
Jon Condon, 13/06/2011
In 2009 Toowoomba precision agriculture company Farmscan Ag was approached to develop a GPS guidance system for aerial baiting of wild dogs in some of Western Australia’s extensive national parks…Read More
James Nason, 16/05/2016
Wild dog horror stories from both sides of the Australian continent were heard at this week’s Meat & Livestock Australia annual general meeting in Brisbane, laying bare the severe impact the predators are causing to the viability of livestock enterprises across the country…Read More
The winning images from the Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre’s (IA CRC) national photography competition for 2015 have been announced today, with a picture of a wild dog lunching on a bearded dragon near Lake Eyre in South Australia taking the top prize…Read More
Beef Central, 12/11/2015Landholder and broader community feedback is being sought to reform pest animal management in New South Wales…Read More
Jon Condon, 15/10/2015
When Central Queensland grazier Ben Banks and his father Jack realised they were losing up to 50pc of lambs in some paddocks due to wild dogs, they decided it was time to do something different or risk losing their Merino sheep operation. Their solution has been erecting an exclusion fence, with the first 20km now up and providing immediate benefits…Read More
Jon Condon, 29/09/2015Western Australian livestock producers are beginning to look at exclusion fencing options for feral animal control, like those being developed in Queensland…Read More
Beef Central, 28/09/2015The Australian and Queensland governments are inviting applications for pest control programs in drought affected areas as part of a joint $15 million commitment to tackle pest weeds and animals…Read More
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