2015-04-28 Planning and Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                             28 APRIL 2015


                                                                                      ATTACHMENT 1
SUMMARY OF SUBMISSIONS
Five submissions were received from Bushland Care Groups (2), an Environment Group (1),
an individual concerned about the use of 1080 and a head petitioner with 269 signatures,
also concerned about the use of 1080. The table below provides a summary of these
submissions with recommendations.

Topic                         Comments                  Recommendation            Edits to PMP draft
Change scientific name of     The scientific name       Seek expert opinion
dingo from Canis familiaris   in the PMP is             and if necessary
dingo to Canis dingo          consistent with State     amend scientific name.
                              Government                No change at present.
                              Biosecurity Qld
                              listings.
Impact of domestic pets       It is acknowledged        Council Local Laws
and foster responsible pet    that domestic pets        continue to educate
ownership                     can impact on other       and enforce animal
                              domestic animals          management by-laws
                              and wildlife.             within current work
                                                        priorities. This is
                                                        identified as an action
                                                        in the PMP.
Use of 1080 should be         There are different       Until an effective        P10 After first
stopped in Noosa Shire        opinions on the use       alternative solution to   paragraph of Case
because of animal             of 1080. Some             1080 is developed,        Study:
suffering, impacts on non-    residents are             then discontinuing its
target species and human      strongly opposed          use is not supported.     There are a number of
health issues. One            because of animal         This is consistent with   methods of wild dog
submitter has provided a      cruelty concerns.         the Qld State Wild Dog    control. Examples
petition with 268             Some landholders          Management Strategy       include baiting with
signatures                    use 1080 as an            2011-2016. It is          1080 poison, trapping,
                              effective measure to      acknowledged that         fencing and guardian
                              control wild dogs that    there are other more      animals. 1080 is
                              attack their stock.       costly methods of feral   considered the most
                              Council has sought        animal control that may   practical measure for
                              expert advice on the      be used on a case by      keeping wild dog
                              matter. Expert            case basis such as        populations under
                              advice states there is    trapping and fencing.     control. It is likely to
                              little evidence to        This information is to    continue as the
                              support claims of         be included in the        preferred method of
                              suffering by animals      PMP.                      control until other
                              and alternative                                     alternatives are
                              methods such as                                     available that are
                              cage trapping can be                                equal to, or more,
                              quite stressful to wild                             effective.
                              animals.
                              In terms of impacts
                              on non-target
                              species, expert
                              advice is that 1080
                              used in correct
                              dosages has little
                              impact on native
                              fauna. 1080 breaks
                              down quite quickly
                              and is short lived.




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