Wild Dog & Pest Control

Cameras capture dingoes as north-west Victorian attacks increase

DINGO attacks on sheep in north-west Victoria are increasing as camera monitoring shows rising incursions into farm property adjacent to the Big Desert Wilderness Park in north-west Victoria…Read More

Terry Sim, February 3, 2025

Victorian dingo protection prompts SA call for trapping

URGENT trapping of wild dogs has been called for in south-east South Australia, adjacent to parklands in north-west Victoria where dingoes are now protected…Read More

Sheep Central, November 13, 2024

TasFarmers raises wildlife control as a food security issue

TASMANIAN farmers have raised widlife encroachment into farming areas as a food security issue…Read More

Sheep Central, October 21, 2024

North-west Victoria dingo attacks expected to increase

NORTH-WEST Victorian sheep producers are concerned a lack of water in the region’s public parks will again lead to further dingo attacks on sheep flocks in coming months…Read More

Terry Sim, October 4, 2024

Victorian dingo unprotection order prevails in state’s east and north-east

The Victorian Farmers Federation has welcomed the government’s announcement that control of dingoes in north-east and eastern Victoria will continue until 1 January 2028…Read More

Sheep Central, September 25, 2024

Wild dog committee calls out dingo population estimation methods

RECENT estimates of Victoria’s dingo populations have been challenged in a submission calling for the Victorian Government to immediately reinstate legislation continuing management of dingoes on public lands…Read More

Sheep Central, September 20, 2024

Government claims inbred NW Vic dingoes need new genetics

VICTORIA’S State Government has said it is not considering releasing additional dingoes in north-west Victoria, despite concerns the population is inbred and at risk of extinction without the introduction of new genetics…Read More

Terry Sim, September 11, 2024

Livestock predation survey attacked as dingo sessions continue

PRESSURE is mounting on the Victorian Government to release the full details of a livestock predation survey done, as cracks were identified in the survey’s methodology…Read More

Terry Sim, September 4, 2024

Fears of wild dog influx prompt dingo feedback call

FEARS that a lack of future control of dingoes or wild dogs in Victoria would lead to their spread into new farming and peri-urban areas across the state has prompted a call for statewide participation in State Government feedback sessions next month…Read More

Terry Sim, August 30, 2024

Victorian Government considering dingo radio collar proposal

A PROPOSAL to monitor dingo movements with radio collars in north-west Victoria has won the support of Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development Clare Scriven…Read More

Terry Sim, August 14, 2024

Wild dog concerns fuel action on livestock predation survey

VICTORIAN livestock producers are being urged to participate in a livestock predation survey as the State Government reviews wild dog and dingo management in the state…Read More

Sheep Central, July 26, 2024

NSW farmers to seek action on Victoria’s wild dog control

NEW South Wales livestock farmers have taken up the call for government-to-government action on Victoria’s weakening wild dog controls…Read More

Sheep Central, July 12, 2024

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