2019-11-12 - P&E Agenda - Item 3 - Attachment 1 - Draft Noosa Biosecurity Plan 2020

5.2        Invasive animals

                            5.2.1       Management techniques
Invasive animals can be highly mobile, seeking out territories and searching for food and prey.
Different techniques are used to control invasive animals depending on the scale and location of
the issue. Methods are summarised in Table 6.

 Method                      Advantages                 Disadvantages              Examples
 Trapping                    Targeted control           Labour intensive, small    Pig trapping
                                                        targeted areas only
 Baiting                     Targeted control, no       Concerns from some         Wild dog, pig and fox
                             impact on native species   sectors of the             control
                             Cost effective             community regarding
                                                        distress to feral animal
                                                        and non-target species
 Shooting                    Targeted control           Only where safe in rural   Wild deer control
                                                        areas
 Canid Pest Ejectors         Targeted control           Concerns from some         Wild dog, foxes
 (CPEs)                                                 sectors of the
                                                        community regarding
                                                        distress to feral animal
 Den fumigation              Targeted control           Labour intensive           Foxes
 Fencing                     Complete exclusion         Expensive to build and     All feral species
                                                        maintain. Some species
                                                        damage or can climb
                                                        (foxes)
                                                        Shifts the problem
                                                        elsewhere
 Guardian dogs, alpacas,     Doesn’t require the use    Can be expensive to        Wild dogs
 llamas and donkeys          of poisons or firearms     train, purchase and
                                                        maintain
                                                        Doesn’t reduce feral
                                                        animal numbers and
                                                        shifts the problem
                                                        elsewhere

Table 6 Advantages and disadvantages of various pest animal control methods

  Case study: Common Myna Acridotheres tristis

  The Common Myna was originally introduced to Australia from Asia to control agricultural
  pests. The Common Myna is now widespread and is often seen in urban areas around Noosa.
  There is concern that they outcompete native animals for food and nesting hollows.
  Although the Myna is not a scheduled species under the Biosecurity Act 2014, Council has
  been helping volunteers to reduce populations through a community trapping program.




                       Photo: Queensland Department of Agriculture and Fisheries



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