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Wild Dogs Dingoes and Foxes

Wild dogs can cause significant predation losses to livestock.  Foxes also prey on vulnerable young livestock and poultry, and have a major impact on a range of native animal species.
The following links contain information on:

• biology
• control (including toxins)
• predation
• discussion papers.

Areas of interest

Wild Dogs and Dingoes

 (see also 'Use of toxins')

• Dingo (72kb PDF)
• Wild dog control (122kb PDF)
• Wild dog control: facts behind the strategies (441kb PDF)
• Wild dog management: best practice manual
• Western Australian rangelands - wild dog management policy (110kb PDF)
• Evaluation of the effectiveness and efficiency of the wild dog control program in Western Australia (124kb PDF)
• Western Australian wild dog management strategy 2005 (615kb PDF)
• Western Australian wild dog management strategy 2005: information for pastoralists and farmers: summary strategy (287kb PDF)
• Recognising wild dog and dingo predation (166kb PDF)
• Bounties and wild dog control (95kb PDF)

Foxes

• Red fox (39kb PDF)
• Are foxes killing your lambs? (82kb PDF)
• Options for fox control
• Fox baiting (84kb PDF)

Use of toxins

• 1080 characteristics and use (bulletin 4776)
• 1080 risk assessment application and product request form
• 1080 landholder information package (805kb PDF)
• Code of practice on the safe use and management of 1080
• Code of practice on the safe use and management of strychnine
• Guide to the safe use of strychnine for jawed traps (74kb PDF)
• Lanholder guidelines for the purchase of 1080 and strychnine
• Pastoral risk assessment application and product request form
• Strychnine Wild Dogs Landholder information package (921kb PDF)

Other relevant information

• Invasive species in Western Australia
• Invasive species - vertebrate animal pests
• Vertebrate animal pest policy, management and regulation
• Importing and keeping introduced mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians in Western Australia  (175kb PDF)
• Vertebrate Pest Research Section Publications on foxes and wild dogs and dingoes (115kb PDF)
• Australian Government - List of approved abatement plans

Your feedback is welcome.

Page updated: July 2009