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Trapping Tips

Guide to trapping nuisance coyotes - From the Missouri Dept of Conservation website. This page has good basic tips you can apply to wild dog and fox trapping.

Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife Trappers Course- Another US site, but with some very good basic trapping information that is just as applicable here in Australia.  Here are a couple of useful chapters from this course.

• Ch 4 Traps

• Ch 10 Land Trapping

Best management practices for trapping coyotes - More good tips on setting up traps etc on this US site.  Although it is coyotes much of it can still be applied here in Australia.

Australian Dept of Environment and Heritage Tips

Fox trapping   Wild Dog trapping   Feral Cat trapping

Rabbit trapping

Wild Dog Control - Facts Behind The Strategies - PDF file from the Western Australian Dept of Agriculture.

Beware of Hydatids if trapping dogs and foxes - Anyone trapping wild dogs/dingoes and foxes should be aware of the potential of hydatid infection.  It is a very real threat with serious health consequences that can be easily avoided. This NSW Agriculture site is the best I have found on the topic. 

Other Sites

Beefy and the Beast - Newsletter from the Queensland Dept of Natural Resources and Mines with the latest Queensland wild dog research.

The Feral Flyer - The regular (usually weekly) e-newsletter of the Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Centre.

feral.org.au - Pest Animal Control CRC.  Lots of feral animal research from around Australia available on this site.  

Kangaroo Island Cat Control Committee - Great site showing what a small group of people are doing to control feral cats on their island.

Ausvarmint - Australia's Premier Varminting Website offers Articles, forums, photo gallery and specialises in Varminting from Australia & The World.

The Fox DNA Project - Using a novel DNA-based approach, we aim to provide key ecological data that will make fox control more effective.  Assist by collecting fox ear tips.

Trapping Wild Dog Packs in Far North Queensland to Save Cassowaries - Western Trapping has recently supplied trapping equipment to the Australian Rainforest Foundation to help trap wild dogs that are having an impact upon the endangered cassowary population. Cassowary populations have been stressed since Cyclone Larry destroyed large chunks of habitat.  Wild dogs and feral pigs are being controlled by ARF to give these birds a chance. 

YouTube Vids

Fox chasing a wallaby - fox brings down a wallaby

Fox Attack - man lying on his back in a paddock in Esperance videoing a fox biting his boot.

Trapping Contractors

Feralsout - Well established pest animal control contractor operating throughout Queensland.

Animal Pest Management Services - Feral animal control and native fauna relocations.  Australia Wide service.

Guardian Animals

Guard Animals for Livestock Protection - 47 page pdf document about the existing and potential use of guardian animals in Australia.  Animals such as Alpacas, Llamas, and Maremma dogs.

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