5 June 2023.
AgForce is encouraging producers on Queensland’s urban fringe to check out a new glovebox guide on managing the impacts of wild dogs.
The guide, Best-Practice Management of Wild Dogs in Peri-Urban Environments, has been released by the Centre for Invasive Species Solutions, and written specifically for people living in areas with a mixture of rural, residential and commercial land uses.
The resource-rich but fragmented landscapes surrounding Australia’s cities and towns allow wild dogs to live in smaller patches of vegetation, often bringing them into conflict with people, pets, livestock and wildlife.
Wild dogs do not respect property boundaries, and in peri-urban areas small property sizes mean that their impacts are not isolated to individual landholders, so people need to work together and discuss the issues they’re facing with others in the community.
The guide was funded by the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, and led by the Queensland Government Department of Agriculture and Fisheries.
Copies can be ordered online.
In addition, producers are reminded that WildDogScan is a free online tool for landholders, Landcare groups, local councils, professional pest controllers and biosecurity groups.
It can be used to record:
1. Sightings and evidence of wild dogs (for example, footprints)
2. Attacks (for example, mauled livestock)
3. Control activities (for example, baiting or trapping).
It is available on the WildDogScan website and as an app available for download from the App Store or Google Play.
Visit the Wild Dog Toolkit on the PestSmart website for more information on wild dogs, their impacts and management.