A strategic approach to mitigating the impacts of wild canids: proposed activities of the Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre

摘要: Wild canids (wild dogs and European red foxes) cause substantial losses to Australian livestock industries environmental values. Both species are actively managed as pests production. Contemporaneously, the dingo proportion of wild dog population, being considered native, is protected in areas designated for wildlife conservation. particularly affect sheep goat production because behavioural responses domestic goats attack, flexible hunting tactics dogs. Predation calves, although less common, now more economically important recent changes commodity prices. Although sometimes affecting lambing kidding rates, foxes fewer problems producers but have impacts on values, survival small medium-sized native fauna plant biodiversity by spreading weeds. Canid management Australia relies heavily use compound 1080-poisoned baits that can be applied aerially or ground. Exclusion fencing, trapping, shooting, livestock-guarding animals predator calling with shooting also used. The new Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre has 40 partners representing private public land managers, universities, training, research development organisations. One major objectives IACRC apply a strategic approach order reduce agricultural values 10%. In this paper, impacts, ecology briefly reviewed first cooperative projects will address improving outlined.