Wild Dog & Pest Control

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

Vic dingo unprotection order prevails in part of state

The VFF has welcomed the announcement that control of dingoes in north-east and eastern Vic can 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

Free fox baits offered for Northern Tableland NSW program

FREE fox baits are being offered in New South Wales’s Northern Tablelands region for the first time in an effort to boost landholder participation in a control program this month…Read More

Sheep Central, June 17, 2024

New drive to reinstate wild dog control in north-west Victoria

LEADING wild dog control proponent Geoff Power has urged the reinstatement of the dingo unprotection order in north-west Victoria after a national taxonomy body declared Australia’s dingoes are considered a breed of dog…Read More

Sheep Central, June 12, 2024

Dingo attacks increase in north-west Victoria as meetings called

NORTH-WEST Victorian sheep producers believe dingo attacks on livestock are increasing as the State Government starts to organise meetings with landowners…Read More

Terry Sim, May 27, 2024

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