Wild dogs, which include feral domestic dogs, dingoes and their hybrids, prey on livestock causing significant impact on agricultural production. Methods of control include poisoning with sodium fluoroacetate (commonly known […]
Shooting of wild dogs is undertaken by government vertebrate pest control officers, landholders and professional or experienced amateur shooters. Shooting is usually an opportunistic method of control although it can […]
Wild dogs, which include feral domestic dogs, dingoes and their hybrids, prey on livestock causing significant impact on agricultural production. Methods of control include poisoning with sodium monofluoroacetate (1080), trapping, […]
Report on development of the FeralScan community web-based reporting tool
After twelve months in development the National Wild Dog Action Plan is being officially launched on Friday 4th July in Armidale NSW.
Keeping the foot to the pedal, is the message from Greg Mifsud, National Wild Dog Controller
Wild dog impacts are felt in all regions of Australia, both regional and urban. Local authorities throughout Australia have consistently identified the need to improve our understanding of wild dog ecology and develop control […]
A selection of winners and entries from the 2011 Feral Photos photography competition.
Advances in molecular ecology, particularly over the past two decades, have allowed studies of populations to extend to increasingly broad geographic and temporal scales without sacrificing detail. Limitations on sample […]
Understanding the causes of faunal declines is important for preserving Australia’s threatened fauna. Both predation and livestock grazing have been investigated as potential causes of declines, but some studies struggle […]
Dingoes (and hybrids) have traditionally been viewed as a livestock predation problem of rural areas, but in recent years dingoes have emerged as a human health and safety risk in […]
Invasive species have been recognised as the key problem in the Border Rivers-Gwydir catchment which was found in a 2007- 08 survey titled ‘Understanding Natural Resource Management from a Landholders […]
Dingo (and hybrid) diet studies primarily rely on analyses of prey remains found in stomachs or scats (i.e. faeces). However, dingoes are also scavengers, and doubt may remain as to […]
The dingo (Canis familiaris and hybrids) is a keystone species in Australian ecosystems. The current study reports four dingoes observed attacking a swimming eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus) in the […]
Predator scat analysis was used to infer the potential impact of wild dogs (Canis familiaris) on threatened native terrestrial mammals in coastal and near-coastal southern New South Wales, Australia. Prey […]
The use of leghold traps to capture wild dogs is a well accepted control method across Australia. Furthermore, research into trap humaneness and remote trap monitoring systems, along with the […]
Livestock guarding animals (LGA’s) are used across the United States and Europe to limit the incidence of predation by native and introduced predators on domestic livestock. Within Australia dog breeds […]
This series of maps shows the occurrence, abundance and distribution of the wild dogs and dingoes (Canis spp.) in Australia, 2006/07. Click on thumbnail image above to open full map […]
Map shows the density of wild dogs (Canis familiaris) in Tasmania, 2007. Compiled by the Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre and the National Land and Water Resources Audit, in collaboration […]
Female dog caught in the Esk area (QLD) with a GPS alarm on the padded foot trap as part of a control program. Images courtesy Michael Dickinson. This image file […]
