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Reference Name:
Humane Pest Animal Control: Codes of Practice and Standard Operating Procedures
Agency:
 New South Wales Department of Primary Industries - Agriculture
Contact Details:
 Locked Bag 21, Orange, NSW, 2800
02 6391 3100
www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture
Format:
 PDF / Book               Publishing Date: 2005         
Comment:
 A comprehensive document providing general information on best practice management, control strategies, species biology and impact, and the humaneness of current control methods for both target and non-target species. The pest species discussed are: rabbits, foxes, feral pigs, wild dogs, feral cats, feral goats, wild deer, pest birds, hares and feral horses.
Website:

http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/pests-weeds/vertebrate-pests/codes/humane-pest-animal-control

 
Reference Name:
Invasive Species Factsheets - Cat, Fox, Rabbit, Goat, Pig.
Agency:
 Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Contact Details:
 GPO Box 787, Canberra, ACT, 2601
02 6274 1111
www.environment.gov.au
Format:
 Brochure / PDF          Publishing Date: 2004
Comment:
 Overview including; history, distribution, ecology, impact on environment and agriculture, control techniques and current projects.
 
Download:
 Invasive Species Factsheets:
     - Cat
     - Fox
     - Rabbit
     - Goat
     - Pig
 
Website:

http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/invasive/

 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
- Getting Fencing Right
- The Law of the Land
- Rural Lands Protection Board
- Local Council
- NSW Department of Primary Industries
- NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (within DECC)
- NSW Game Council
 


Reference Name:
Threat Abatement Plans - Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)  / Plague Minnow (Gambusia holbrooki).
Agency:
 New South Wales Department of Environment and Conservation (currently DECC)
Contact Details:
 PO Box 1967, Hurstville, NSW, 2220
02 9585 6444
www.environment.nsw.gov.au
Format:
 Book / PDF    Publishing Date: 2001/ 2003       ISBN: 0731364244 
Comment:
 Discusses the management of pest species in relation to the impacts of the species on threatened native species and ecological communities under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act. The document also outlines control techniques.
 
Website:

http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/
npws.nsf/content/threat+abatement+plans+by+doctype

 
Reference Name:
Threat Abatement Plans - Cat, Fox, Rabbit, Goat, Pig.
Agency:
 Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Contact Details:
 GPO Box 787, Canberra, ACT, 2601
02 6274 1111
www.environment.gov.au
Format:
 Book / PDF         Publishing Date:   2005       ISBN: 0642549109 
Comment:
 Discusses the management of pest species in relation to the impacts of the species on threatened native species and ecological communities under the Federal Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. The document also outlines best-practice control techniques.
Website:

http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/invasive/publications

 

 

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