Thread: Rodent baits and their effect on native fauna

Goats are prevalent everywhere around here.
Local land owners are quite happy though as they’re fetching more than Sheep at the moment.

I have access to several properties just out of town to shoot on. No shortage of foxes, cats, rabbits, goats etc to target.

A few hours drive gets access to Deer.

My relative the vet jokes there must not be any dingoes left in NSW because no-one ever admits to shooting a dingo as they are protected, they always describe it as a wild dog, which are fair game.
He had one in his truck the other day when I saw him at Lismore as he had been called out to autopsy it after it was shot. I know you can't know just by looking, but we both reckoned it looked very much like a dingo, although it could be cross bred.
Our friends near Coffs have had to erect a dual line of electric fences along their river boundary to deter attacks on their cattle and goats from dogs coming across the river from the adjoining forest.
We're minding the property for a month while they have a much-needed holiday in Qld, so my daily duties include checking the fences with a little device to make sure they are still pumping out 8000 volts.
Last night we could hear howling from the forest and the farm dogs were agitated.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

My relative the vet jokes there must not be any dingoes left in NSW because no-one ever admits to shooting a dingo as they are protected, they always describe it as a wild dog, which are fair game.
He had one in his truck the other day when I saw him at Lismore as he had been called out to autopsy it after it was shot. I know you can't know just by looking, but we both reckoned it looked very much like a dingo, although it could be cross bred.
Our friends near Coffs have had to erect a dual line of electric fences along their river boundary to deter attacks on their cattle and goats from dogs coming across the river from the adjoining forest.
We're minding the property for a month while they have a much-needed holiday in Qld, so my daily duties include checking the fences with a little device to make sure they are still pumping out 8000 volts.
Last night we could hear howling from the forest and the farm dogs were agitated.

There must be quite a few around in that area.
We only get one or two at the most a year,they are very very difficult to shoot.Very clever,fantastic hearing and smell.
Usually won’t take a bait.

There is a guy in town that gets them,usually in a trap,or shoots them,with the help of a bitch that is given an injection so she comes on heat.Being on heat will attract a wild bitch as well as a wild dog.
Once they pick up the on heat smell,they often let down their guard.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

My relative the vet jokes there must not be any dingoes left in NSW because no-one ever admits to shooting a dingo as they are protected, they always describe it as a wild dog, which are fair game.
He had one in his truck the other day when I saw him at Lismore as he had been called out to autopsy it after it was shot. I know you can't know just by looking, but we both reckoned it looked very much like a dingo, although it could be cross bred.
Our friends near Coffs have had to erect a dual line of electric fences along their river boundary to deter attacks on their cattle and goats from dogs coming across the river from the adjoining forest.
We're minding the property for a month while they have a much-needed holiday in Qld, so my daily duties include checking the fences with a little device to make sure they are still pumping out 8000 volts.
Last night we could hear howling from the forest and the farm dogs were agitated.

Dingo's are only protected in some national parks, Elsewhere they are fair game and can be shot.

I don't know about the situation in WA.

In NSW, it seems dingoes are protected but wild dogs are not. Can a dingo be a wild dog? It seems to depend on if a declaration has been made.
Maybe someone can explain it better.

Wild dog policy | NSW Environment, Energy and Science

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

I don't know about the situation in WA.

In NSW, it seems dingoes are protected but wild dogs are not. Can a dingo be a wild dog? It seems to depend on if a declaration has been made.
Maybe someone can explain it better.

Wild dog policy | NSW Environment, Energy and Science

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In NSW Dingo's are regarded as wild dogs under the local land services act of 2013 and wild dogs are declared as noxious pest under that act so they cannot be protected under the biodiversity act of 2016.

This is interesting .

Hunting shown to contribute more to the economy than the wool industry in NSW - ABC News

Originally Posted by bob10

This is interesting .

Hunting shown to contribute more to the economy than the wool industry in NSW - ABC News

In Victoria hunting contributes $439 Million to the economy per annum.
Nationally that figure expands to $2.4 Billion to the national economy from hunting.