he said. "A lot of pigs that were culled on our place had beans in them," he said. AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time which is 10 hours ahead of GMT (Greenwich Mean Time), Chinese investors looking for NT donkey farming options, New donkey research leaves NT cattlemen dismayed, Wild donkey research in the sights of aerial shooters. For this advanced animal shooting service our senior staff have completed specialist training in aerial culling … Mr Pasfield said the KRBA was now considering four different control options: The cost-benefit analysis looked at all of the scenarios relative to a do-nothing scenario and suggested the most cost-effective option was to stop donkey control for a period of time and then recommence. "The cost-benefit ratio was estimated to be 3.8, suggesting that for every dollar spent, approximately $3.80 has been generated in return.". Visit our, 10 photos that give you a look at SoFi Stadium, Pet insurance: how to get the best-value policy for your dog | Money, “Better Chance For Me” – Novak Djokovic Optimistic on Dethroning Rafael Nadal at French Open 2020, Vida temporarily withdraws products to protect service levels, Orlando Bloom thinks baby with Katy Perry, Daisy Dove, is his ‘mini-me’, Amish cheesemaker preserves tradition with online sales, Muhammad Ali was SCARED to fight Mike Tyson because of his fearsome punching power, reveals George Foreman – The Sun, Longtime English professor, 91, finds a way to keep teaching from a distance, Messi ‘was near’ to Blues move, Chilwell OUT with ‘non-Covid illness’ – The Sun, Gary Neville verdict on Man Utd sacking Mourinho has worrying similarities to Solskjaer | Football | Sport, AFL suspends Adelaide Crows duo Brad Crouch, Tyson Stengle after being caught with illicit substance, TodayHeadline – All about News and Updates.

Aerial surveillance from drones and infrared cameras fitted to helicopters was used before, during and after the exercise to determine density. Feral pigs that were eradicated through the Local Land Services Western Riverina Pig Project. Right through the high country, the debate has become fiercely political and increasingly passionate as the more humane method of trapping and re-homing such a large quantity of horses is hugely problematic. Subscribe for the national headlines of the day. This month, the government released a year-long NSW bushfire response package that included up to 2000 hours of aerial shooting to control feral deer, pigs and goats in burnt and unburnt refuges. Over the last fortnight, 1,070 feral pigs were culled in an aerial shoot conducted by NSW Local Land Services (LLS) across 750,000 hectares. The culling of wild horses, which have been roaming the parks since the 1830s, has always been a contentious issue which has bitterly divided those sworn to protect the brumbies made famous by The Man From Snowy River, and those equally passionate about protecting the delicate native Alpine habitats where they forage for food. "It's a debacle.". It will be significant': Victorian Premier warns next steps will be less than hoped, Victoria needs to work on controlling clusters, increase testing to get COVID-19 numbers to fall further, NSW reports two locally acquired COVID-19 cases, including one linked to St Vincent's Hospital nurse. The threat to flora and fauna in the Namadgi, already struggling after the bushfires, is at the core of the concern. The KRBA program has not been without its critics, with some stations arguing feral donkeys can be used as a land-management tool.

The first animal welfare study of aerial culling ever undertaken in Australia, has found it to be a humane method of controlling feral populations. (document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk')); JOIN OUR NEWSLETTERS, This website uses cookies. The drought had forced the McLachlans to reduce their Merino breeders from 19,000 head to 13,000 head and they had been supplementary feeding their sheep with faba beans. “Recent control measures have been insufficient to deal with feral horse populations in NSW and, with current policy uncertainty, the threat of horses migrating into Namadgi is extreme and ongoing,” the plan’s threat assessment stated. t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; Mr Pasfield said beyond the economic impact of boosting cattle numbers, there had been many other benefits of culling donkeys that were not looked at in the study, such as benefits to the environment. ACT-funded modelling has revealed that without population control measures,”feral horses would likely move into substantial areas of [the park]”.