Greg's time is mostly spent working with state agencies and landholders to develop local wild dog management plans. More details are available from Guy Ballard, Project Officer Wild dog Management, The National Facilitation of the Strategic Control project is led by the Invasive Animals CRC's (IACRC) National Facilitator, Greg Mifsud. This finding was presented to the National Wild Dog Management Advisory Group in Port Augusta SA. Research into 1080 aerial baiting to determine efficacy at different deployment rates for bait registration.Īt the IACRC wild canid demonstration site in northern NSW, a single dog ate 11 fresh meat baits over a couple of hours and another dog ate nine baits before both succumbed to 1080.PAPP is commercially available and AWI investment is complete. A new canid (wild dog) toxin, PAPP, causes rapid death in dogs and foxes.Wild dogs are controlled primarily by baiting with sodium fluoroacetate (1080). AWI has argued strongly for the continued availability of 1080 for wild dog control.This investment also benefits fox control. Victoria (Gippsland): Brian Dowley 0408 436 600 and Mick Freeman 0477 358 061 (shared positionĪWI investments in baiting, wild dog management planning, aerial baiting rate research and on-ground grants for coordinated wild dog control.Victoria (north-east:) Lucy-anne Cobby 0429 079 131.South Australia: Heather Miller 0488 426 395.Queensland (south-west): Skyela Kruger 0429 232 089.More importantly, it can have a positive impact on the emotional well-being of farmers in the area who now feel that something positive is being done to address the constant financial and emotional impact of wild dogs. This approach encourages good working relationships between private and public land managers. The coordinators use a ‘nil-tenure landscape level’ approach with local communities that highlights the benefit of focusing on the ‘common problem’ rather than attributing ownership of the wild dog problem to individual land managers. This is vital but can be challenging for landholders without the external help provided by an independent coordinator.
The position also aims to help coordinate on-ground wild dog control activities.
The wild dog coordinator positions aim to help producers and other key stakeholders collaborate to reduce the impact of devastating livestock predation by wild dogs – and therefore improve on-farm productivity, rural community wellbeing and rural biodiversity. AWI funds and co-funds wild dog coordinators in each Australian mainland state.
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