The impacts of introduced predators including wild dogs, the European Red Fox and the feral cat cost the Australian community in excess of 60 million dollars annually through stock losses and control programmes. These figures however don’t take into account the emotional...

Initially, this project had three major objectives: • Demonstrate to stakeholders the potential movement of wild dogs by monitoring collared wild dogs in three hot-spot areas within the Wild Dog Barrier Fence. • Identify how far dispersers travel from these areas to...

The European Red Fox was introduced to Victoria in 1845 as a sport animal. From here it rapidly spread to all states, following the distribution of its major prey the rabbit. After wild dogs, the fox is the second largest land dwelling carnivorous mammal in Australia . It is...

1.Predation by dingoes Canis lupus dingo is regarded as a widespread problem by Australian livestock producers. This study examined five decades of historical data to evaluate the use and effect of dingo control on the distribution of sheep and beef cattle in Queensland. 2.In...

The dingo (Canis familiaris dingo) had one breeding period per year. Most matings took place in April/May and most births in June/July. All males in their first year exhibited a testis response similar to that in older males, but the peak in that response was reached two months...

The density of red kangaroos in the sheep country of the north-west corner of New South Wales is much higher now that it was last century. It is also much higher than the present density across the dingo fence in the adjacent cattle country of South Australia and Queensland. The...

Three trials were conducted to compare the effectiveness of four 1080 dingo baits (two non-refined meat baits and two highly processed manufactured baits) in reducing dingo activity in the Northern Territory. Baits were laid at water points and dingo activity was estimated from...

Wild dogs and European red foxes are considered pest animals in Australia. Restraining devices to capture these wild canids are sometimes required by wildlife managers. However, the use of traps is controversial. This paper discusses the efficiency, selectivity and injuries...

Wild canids (wild dogs and European red foxes) cause substantial losses to Australian livestock industries and environmental values. Both species are actively managed as pests to livestock production. Contemporaneously, the dingo proportion of the wild dog population, being...

An article from Wildlife Research 30, published in 2003, written by Alistair S. Glen and Chris R. Dickman, of the Univeristy of Sydney's Institute of Wildlife Research.