Adam Marshall MP, NSW Minister for Agriculture, Minister for Western NSW, Member for Northern Tablelands, Media Release, 4 November 2021

Two elusive wild dogs, which had been terrorising farming operations north of Coolatai for the last 12 months, have now been successfully controlled, Minister for Agriculture and Member for Northern Tablelands Adam Marshall announced today. 

Mr Marshall said this was welcome news for farmers in the state’s north who had lost ewes and lambs to the pests.

“Over the last year, this wicked pair of wild dogs wreaked havoc on local landholders, including one farmer who lost around 200 sheep,” Mr Marshall said.”

“This successful operation is a welcome relief, and I commend and thank the Kurrajong Bridge Wild Dog Group for their close work with Local Land Services. Their cooperation was crucial to the success of this control program.”

“They used the monitoring cameras to understand the movements of the pests over time, information which was then passed along to the trapper who finally nabbed them.”

“Extraordinarily, our biosecurity experts say this is the first female dog to have been controlled in the area in the last 30 years.”

Mr Marshall said the NSW Government’s control programs were critical in managing wild dogs, which caused $25 million in lost production each year in NSW.

Local Land Services strongly encourages any landholder not undertaking any forms of control for pest animals such as wild dogs to join their nearest pest management group as soon as possible.